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

• 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。
• 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。
• Plants get nourishment from the soil. We derive our sustenance from the land.
  植物从土壤中吸取养料。我们从土地获取食物。
• Writing poems, calligraphy, painting and designing are his game and sustenance.
  一生清贫，诗书画及设计工作是我生命中的戏寄托。
• Motor ocular dominance Also now I have gained on him in the question of sustenance.
  运动性眼优势运动性眼优势再说，眼下在食物方面我也比它占优势。
• 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。
• According to Hasna, sustainability is a process which tells of a development of all aspects of human life affecting sustenance.
  据Hasna，可持续性是一个过程，讲述了一个发展的各个方面影响到人类生命的寄托。
• 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？
• 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。
• Once he thought he was just as spiritual sustenance, but later found out is not the case.
  开始认为只是把他作为精神寄托，但后来发现情况并非如此。