sustain

verb

1. 维持（生命、生存）
   to provide enough of what sb/sth needs in order to live or exist
   1. Which planets can sustain life?
      哪些行星可以维持生命的存在？
   2. The love and support of his family sustained him during his time in prison.
      家人的关爱和支持帮助他度过了狱中的岁月。
2. 使保持；使稳定持续
   to make sth continue for some time without becoming less
   1. a period of sustained economic growth
      经济持续增长的时期
   2. a sustained attack
      持续的攻击
   3. She managed to sustain everyone's interest until the end of her speech.
      她使每个人兴趣盎然，一直听她把话讲完。
3. 遭受；蒙受；经受
   to experience sth bad
   1. to sustain damage/an injury/a defeat
      遭受损失；受伤；遭到失败
   2. The company sustained losses of millions of dollars.
      公司遭受了数百万元的巨大损失。
4. 证明；证实
   to provide evidence to support an opinion, a theory, etc.
   1. The evidence is not detailed enough to sustain his argument.
      这一证据过于笼统，不足以证明他的论点。
5. 支撑；承受住
   to support a weight without breaking or falling
   1. The ice will not sustain your weight.
      这冰承受不了你的体重。
6. 认可；确认；准许；支持
   to decide that a claim, etc. is valid
   1. The court sustained his claim that the contract was illegal.
      法庭支持他的观点，认定该合同不合法。
   2. Objection sustained ! (= said by a judge when a lawyer makes an objection in court)
      反对成立！

1. VERB 使持续;保持
   If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.
   1. But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age...
      而他从青年时期一直到老年都始终保持着强烈的社会良知。
   2. The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow.
      地球上生命可以存活下来的地域范围是非常狭小的。
   3. ...a period of sustained economic growth throughout 1995.
      1995 年全年经济持续增长时期
2. VERB 经受;遭受;蒙受
   If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you.
   1. Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage...
      那里的每架飞机都受到了一些损坏。
   2. A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries sustained in yesterday's bomb blast.
      一位 17 岁的游客在昨天的炸弹爆炸中受伤并于当天深夜身亡。
3. VERB 支持;支援;救济
   If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement.
   1. The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season...
      从经济作物中获得的收益能帮助他们度过不景气的时期。
   2. I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life...
      这些支持的信件和人们每天对我的鼓励一直支撑着我。
   3. Sustained by this wonderful breakfast, it was with restored morale that we re-boarded our plane.
      这顿丰盛的早餐补充了我们的体力，我们又精神焕发地登上了飞机。

1. It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
   如果没有任何好转的机会，继续维持他的生命也是无益的。
2. The problem was how to get enough food to sustain life
   问题在于如何找到足够的食物维持生命。
3. The people who sustain the worst losses are usually those who overreach.
   不自量力者往往摔得最惨。
4. Their defense markets are too small to sustain economically viable production runs.
   他们的国防市场太小，就经济可行性而言不足以维持生产。
5. There's a sufficiency of drama in these lives to sustain your interest.
   这些人的生活充满了戏剧性，总能让你兴趣盎然。
6. But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age
   而他从青年时期一直到老年都始终保持着强烈的社会良知。
7. The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow.
   地球上生命可以存活下来的地域范围是非常狭小的。
8. Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage
   那里的每架飞机都受到了一些损坏。
9. A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries sustained in yesterday's bomb blast.
   一位17岁的游客在昨天的炸弹爆炸中受伤并于当天深夜身亡。
10. The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season
    从经济作物中获得的收益能帮助他们度过不景气的时期。
11. I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life
    这些支持的信件和人们每天对我的鼓励一直支撑着我。
12. Sustained by this wonderful breakfast, it was with restored morale that we re-boarded our plane.
    这顿丰盛的早餐补充了我们的体力，我们又精神焕发地登上了飞机。
13. The goal has been to establish and sustain a nation of viable family farms.
    目标是要建立一个能够使家庭农场得以存续的国家，并使其维持下去。
14. The pillars sustain the roof of the pit.
    坑道顶用柱子支撑着。
15. The two sides agreed to sustain measures to ensure a strong and durable global economic recovery and financial system.
    双方同意继续保持相关措施，确保强劲和可持续地恢复全球经济和金融体系。
16. The capacity of scientific and technological innovation to sustain and boost economic and social development was markedly increased.
    科技创新支撑和引领经济社会发展的能力明显增强。
17. So the big question is: how can we restore and sustain trust?
    所以，一个重要问题是：我们能够恢复和维持信任吗？
18. They have since lost the will to sustain it.
    自那以来，他们就失去了维持这一决心的意愿。
19. This would sustain spending in such a cash-dependent economy.
    这将在一个极度依赖现金的经济中维持支出。
20. The capacity of the environment to sustain economic development and population is finite.
    环境承受经济的发展和人口的能力是有限的。
21. I can no longer sustain this form.
    我不能再维持这种状态了。
22. Pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
    终止了物质的生命并失去了所有维持生命身体的属性和功能。
23. It is vital for hopes of peace and freedom that we sustain the positive-sum world economy.
    维持正和世界经济，对于我们维系和平与自由的希望至关重要。
24. Only a well-developed education can sustain scientific and technological progress and economic development.
    教育水平提高了，科技进步和经济发展才有后劲。
25. It takes personality and charm to sustain a man's interest.
    要维持男人对你的兴趣还需个性和魅力。
26. It's hard to sustain a conversation with her.
    要和她持续谈话很困难。
27. Enhance, grow and sustain fair, responsible and profitable dealings with customers.
    加强，发展和维持公平的，负责任的和盈利的客户打交道。
28. Prompt action will be critical to sustain progress in malaria control and achieve the health-related Millennium Development Goals.
    及时的行动对维持疟疾控制进展和实现与卫生相关的千年发展目标将是至关重要的。
29. Confronted with these risks, the Federal Reserve and my administration have acted to sustain demand.
    面对这些风险，美联储和我手下的官员采取了维持需求的行动。
30. Our rivers sustain us.
    我们的河流哺育了我们。

  bear endure stand sustain tolerate【导航词义：忍受】

  bear v. 忍受，忍耐

〔辨析〕普通用词，指忍受饥饿、寒冷、疼痛、不幸、困难、侮辱等，多强调忍受者的勇敢和坚毅。

  endure v. 〈正式〉忍受，忍耐

〔辨析〕强调长期性，主要指对灾难、困难、疼痛等长时间地忍受而不抱怨。

  stand v. 经受；忍受

〔辨析〕作“经受”解时，常与 could 或 can 连用，指某人或某物经得起伤害等；作“忍受”解时，主要指对某人、某种困难情况的忍受或承受，通常用于疑问句和否定句中，常可与 bear 换用。

  sustain v. 〈正式〉遭受，经受

〔辨析〕指受到损害、创伤或金钱方面的损失。

  tolerate v. 忍受，容忍

〔辨析〕指以克制的态度容忍令人反感或厌恶的事物，含默认、宽容之意。

verb

1. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
   1. She suffered a fracture in the accident
   2. He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars
   3. She got a bruise on her leg
   4. He got his arm broken in the scuffle

   Synonym:    sufferhaveget

2. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
   1. his story confirmed my doubts
   2. The evidence supports the defendant

   Synonym:    confirmcorroboratesubstantiatesupportaffirm

3. admit as valid
   1. The court sustained the motion

4. supply with necessities and support
   1. She alone sustained her family
   2. The money will sustain our good cause
   3. There's little to earn and many to keep

   Synonym:    keepmaintain

5. provide with nourishment
   1. We sustained ourselves on bread and water
   2. This kind of food is not nourishing for young children

   Synonym:    nourishnurture

6. be the physical support of
   1. The beam holds up the roof
   2. He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam
   3. What's holding that mirror?

   Synonym:    holdsupporthold up

7. lengthen or extend in duration or space
   1. We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible
   2. prolong the treatment of the patient
   3. keep up the good work

   Synonym:    prolongkeep up