sustain
/səˈsteɪn/📚 3011 183 3四级六级考研托福雅思If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time. 保持
verb [vt. 及物动词]维持，保持；维持……的生命；遭受，经受；（在体力或精神方面）支持，支撑；承受住……的重量；证实，证明；认可，赞成，确认；（演员）充分表演（角色，人物），扮演
He has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age.
他从青年时代到晚年一直保持着强烈的社会良知。
noun [专属名词]（乐）延音
Which planets can sustain life?
哪些行星可以维持生命的存在？
sus(下面) + tain → 在下面支撑住 → 支持
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- Recovery can't be sustained unless more jobs are created. 除非有更多的工作机会被创造出来，否则复苏无法保持下去。
- Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage. 那里的每架飞机都遭到了一些损坏。
- The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season. 他们从经济作物中得到的那些现金红利能支撑他们度过歉收季节。
- The ice will not sustain your weight. 这冰承受不了你的体重。