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

• This characterizes the Goddess as the source and sustenance of all things.
  这刻写了女神作为来源和所有东西依靠的特征。
• And exactly how are we gonna find this sustenance?
  那么我们怎样可以找到食物？
• 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。
• To find a spiritual sustenance, how to say it is also a good way.
  找一个心灵寄托，怎么说也是一个好办法吧。
• Sufficient sustenance and progress.
  以足够的浮力和推力。
• This little one scarf, carrying forward the older generation of revolutionaries of our instruction, sustenance of the parents and teachers of our expectations.
  这小小的一方领巾，承载着老一辈革命家对我们的嘱托，寄托了家长和老师对我们的期望。
• Look, I brought sustenance. Who's first?
  我带了食物来，谁先来？
• But even then, his sister's loyal friends were irreplaceable, he says, providing both practical and emotional sustenance.
  但即便如此，他姐姐的忠实朋友们也是不可替代的，他说，他们提供了实际的和情感上的寄托。
• 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。
• 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？