sustained

英 [səˈsteɪnd]

美 [səˈsteɪnd]

v.  维持(生命、生存); 使保持; 使稳定持续; 遭受; 蒙受; 经受
sustain的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：sustained　过去式：sustained　

TOEFLGRE计算机

BNC.6136 / COCA.6509

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使持续;保持
  If yousustainsomething, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.
  1. But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age...
     而他从青年时期一直到老年都始终保持着强烈的社会良知。
  2. The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow.
     地球上生命可以存活下来的地域范围是非常狭小的。
  3. ...a period of sustained economic growth throughout 1995.
     1995 年全年经济持续增长时期
• VERB 经受;遭受;蒙受
  If yousustainsomething such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you.
  1. Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage...
     那里的每架飞机都受到了一些损坏。
  2. A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries sustained in yesterday's bomb blast.
     一位 17 岁的游客在昨天的***爆炸中受伤并于当天深夜身亡。
• VERB 支持;支援;救济
  If somethingsustainsyou, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement.
  1. The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season...
     从经济作物中获得的收益能帮助他们度过不景气的时期。
  2. I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life...
     这些支持的信件和人们每天对我的鼓励一直支撑着我。
  3. Sustained by this wonderful breakfast, it was with restored morale that we re-boarded our plane.
     这顿丰盛的早餐补充了我们的体力，我们又精神焕发地登上了飞机。

英英释义

adj

• (of an electric arc) continuous
  1. heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs
  Synonym:free burning
• maintained at length without interruption or weakening
  1. sustained flight

双语例句

• Without correct leadership, the enthusiasm of the masses cannot be sustained.
  没有正确的领导，群众的积极性就不可能持久。
• I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life
  这些支持的信件和人们每天对我的鼓励一直支撑着我。
• Grandfather Dingsdale had sustained a broken back while working in the mines. Consequently, he spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair
  丁斯戴尔爷爷在矿井里工作时被压断了脊骨，结果，下半辈子都与轮椅为伴了。
• He was sustained by the unflagging support of his family
  他得到了家人不断的支持。
• A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries sustained in yesterday's bomb blast.
  一位17岁的游客在昨天的***爆炸中受伤并于当天深夜身亡。
• The ship sustained damage to her bottom.
  这艘船的船底已损坏。
• Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage
  那里的每架飞机都受到了一些损坏。
• I certainly hope that this can be sustained.
  我当然希望这可以持续下去。
• Now the cheers and applause mingled in a single sustained roar
  现在，欢呼声和掌声汇成了一片持续的喧闹声。
• We don't have the confidence that the UN will carry through a sustained program
  我们不相信联合国能够将一个长久的项目执行到底。