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sustenance

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n.食物,生计,(受)支持

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sustenance为短语/超纲词汇

词根

tain,ten,tin=to hold,to keep(安静)

sustenance


/'sʌstɪnəns; `sʌstənəns/ n [U] (nourishing quality of) food and drink; nourishment 食物; 营养; 养料
*There's not much sustenance in a glass of orange squash. 一杯橙汁饮料没有什么营养.
* weak from lack of sustenance 因缺乏营养而虚弱.

sustenance


n[U]formal
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: sustenir; SUSTAIN]
food that people or animals need in order to live
 Without sustenance, the animals will soon die.
 Potatoes were their only means of sustenance.
when something is made to continue
 Elections are necessary for the sustenance of democracy.
1. There´s not much sustenance in a glass of orange squash.
    一杯橙汁饮料没有什么营养.

2. The currents of air that the walls of the ship direct upwards, as well as in the line of its course, are enough to give the great bird with its immense wings sufficient sustenance and progress.
    沿船体的上升的气流和沿航线向前的气流给这种巨翼大鸟以足够的浮力和推力。

3. Not only the means of sustenance,
    这不仅是谋生的手段,

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