sustenance
英 [ˈsʌstənəns]
美 [ˈsʌstənəns]
n. 食物; 营养; 养料; 维持; 保持
BNC.18478 / COCA.14178
牛津词典
noun
- 食物;营养;养料
the food and drink that people, animals and plants need to live and stay healthy- There's not much sustenance in a bowl of soup.
一碗汤没多少营养。 - Arguing would only give further sustenance to his allegations.
越是争论,他越会觉得自己那些说法有道理。
- There's not much sustenance in a bowl of soup.
- 维持;保持
the process of making sth continue to exist- Elections are essential for the sustenance of parliamentary democracy.
选举制度是维持议会民主所必不可少的。
- Elections are essential for the sustenance of parliamentary democracy.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 食物;营养;养料
Sustenanceis food or drink which a person, animal, or plant needs to remain alive and healthy.- The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else.
国家提供基本的日常食物供应,但除此之外就没什么了。
- The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else.
英英释义
noun
- the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
- they were in want of sustenance
- fishing was their main sustainment
- a source of materials to nourish the body
- the financial means whereby one lives
- each child was expected to pay for their keep
- he applied to the state for support
- he could no longer earn his own livelihood
双语例句
- Food and Drink: sustenance when people need it, without needing to interrupt the flow of work.
食物和饮料:需要的时候就能拿到,不会干扰当前工作。 - I lay on the bed I suffer," the Bible "has become my only spiritual sustenance.
躺在病榻上的我我苦不堪言,《圣经》便成为我唯一的精神寄托。 - Its course are enough to give the great bird with itsimmense wings sufficient sustenance and progress.
这过程足以给这种有特大翅膀的大鸟提供足够的支撑力和前进力了。 - We can not live without some sustenance from the biological point of view, we are heterotrophic aerobic type.
我们的生活离不开一些寄托,从生物学的角度看,我们就是异养需氧型。 - You are my treasure hands, you are my future spiritual sustenance.
你是我手中的宝,你是我未来的精神寄托。 - Poetry places rightly the poet's spiritual sustenance in the exact description of the object, showing a high artistic level.
诗歌在对客体的准确描绘中恰如其分地寄托了主体的精神质素,表现了很高的艺术水平。 - The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else.
国家提供基本的日常食物供应,但除此之外就没什么了。 - When, he wondered, had the beast itself last eaten? Surely it would need sustenance before long?
他不知道这巨龙上一次吃东西是在什么时候,它肯定要不多久就会需要食物了吧? - And exactly how are we gonna find this sustenance?
那么我们怎样可以找到食物? - His vanishing sum suggested that he would need sustenance.
他那逐渐消失的钱提醒他,需要找点生计了。