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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Look, I brought sustenance. Who's first?
  我带了食物来，谁先来？
• 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。
• 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。
• And exactly how are we gonna find this sustenance?
  那么我们怎样可以找到食物？
• 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。
• Sufficient sustenance and progress.
  以足够的浮力和推力。
• Thus he truly steeps himself in his literary lover and derives from these books sustenance for his soul.
  这么一来，他真的浸润在他的文学情人的怀抱中，而由这些书籍中获得他的灵魂的食粮。