一、详细释义:
v.
维持,保持 [T]
例句:
They found it difficult to sustain an interest in their talk.
他们感到很难保持他们谈话的兴趣。
例句:
The desire to know is not often strong enough to sustain critical inquiry.
人的求知欲常常不够旺盛,难以使人保持批判性探索。
支撑,支持 [T]
例句:
The branches could hardly sustain the weight of fruit.
树枝已很难支撑水果的重量。
例句:
The foundations were not strong enough to sustain the weight of the house.
这地基不够牢固,无法支撑房屋的重量。
支援,救济 [T]
例句:
He sustained a large sum to the relief fund.
他向救济基金捐赠巨资。
例句:
We need to sustain people in the afflicted area.
我们要支援灾区。
经受,遭受,忍受 [T]
例句:
The arrive goods sustain more serious damage than have been estimated.
到货所遭受的损坏比原来估计的要严重得多。
例句:
How long will you sustain the rudeness of your boss?
对你上司的粗暴无礼你还能忍受多久?
供养,承担 [T]
例句:
He has a wife and seven children to sustain.
他需要赡养妻子和七个孩子。
例句:
Adult offspring have the obligation to sustain their parents.
成年子女对父母有赡养扶助的义务。
证实 [T]
例句:
These facts sustain the theory.
这些事实证实了这个理论。
例句:
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。
扮演 [T]
例句:
He hasn't the experience to sustain the part of Hamlet.
他没有扮演哈姆雷特的经验。
例句:
He sustained a king in the pageant.
他在露天表演中扮演国王。
二、词义辨析:
undergo,experience,sustain,suffer
这些动词均有“经历,经受,遭受”之意。undergo多指经受艰难、痛苦、不愉快或危险等事。experience指亲身经受或体验某事。sustain指遭受痛苦或承受负担。suffer常可与sustain通用,尤指受到损害或伤害。
三、词义辨析:
back,uphold,support,sustain,advocate
这些动词均有“支持,支援,拥护”之意。back通常指对论点、行动、事业等的强有力支持。uphold既可指积极努力对陷入困境者的支持,也可指给某人在行动、道义或信仰上的支持。support含义广泛,多指在道义上或物质上支持某人,也可指对某项事业的支持。sustain侧重指连续不断的支持。advocate多指通过写文章或发表演说等来支持或拥护,往往暗示提倡某事或为某事辩护。
四、参考例句:
The facts sustain his theory.