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

• He has gone for a week without sustenance.
  他已经一星期未吃食物了。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you are to survive without your symbiote, you require sustenance.
  如果你要没有共生体存活下去，你就必须要食物来维持。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are plenty of things on this island we can use for sustenance.
  这个岛上有很多东西可以食用。
• And exactly how are we gonna find this sustenance?
  那么我们怎样可以找到食物？
• 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。