sustenance

英 [ˈsʌstənəns]

美 [ˈsʌstənəns]

n.  食物; 营养; 养料; 维持; 保持

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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
  1. There's not much sustenance in a bowl of soup.
     一碗汤没多少营养。
  2. 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。
• 维持；保持
  the process of making sth continue to exist
  1. 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。

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
  1. they were in want of sustenance
  2. fishing was their main sustainment
  Synonym:sustentationsustainmentmaintenanceupkeep
• a source of materials to nourish the body
  Synonym:nutrimentnourishmentnutritionalimentalimentationvictuals
• the financial means whereby one lives
  1. each child was expected to pay for their keep
  2. he applied to the state for support
  3. he could no longer earn his own livelihood
  Synonym:supportkeeplivelihoodlivingbread and butter

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。