sustained

英 [səˈsteɪnd]

美 [səˈsteɪnd]

v.  维持(生命、生存); 使保持; 使稳定持续; 遭受; 蒙受; 经受
sustain的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：sustained　过去式：sustained　

TOEFLGRE计算机

BNC.6136 / COCA.6509

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使持续;保持
  If yousustainsomething, 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
• VERB 经受;遭受;蒙受
  If yousustainsomething 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。
• VERB 支持;支援;救济
  If somethingsustainsyou, 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。

英英释义

adj

• (of an electric arc) continuous
  1. heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs
  Synonym:free burning
• maintained at length without interruption or weakening
  1. sustained flight

双语例句

• The ship sustained damage to her bottom.
  这艘船的船底已损坏。
• I've never done any sustained writing, but that might be one of my next directions.
  我以前从未尝试过持续写作，不过那可能是我下一步努力的方向之一。
• Witnesses say the firing was deliberate and sustained.
  目击者说枪击是蓄意而且持续的。
• We mounted a sustained attack on the government.
  我们对政府展开了持续的抨击。
• Four police officers sustained serious injuries in the explosion
  4名警官在爆炸中受重伤。
• He sustained serious neck injuries after he broke someone's fall.
  有人坠落压在他身上，致使他颈部受重伤。
• 'I very much regret the injuries he sustained,' he said
  “我对他的受伤感到很遗憾，”他说。
• Thrive on the sustained health of the community and its members through continual reflection and improvement.
  通过持续的反映和提高，促进社区和成员的持续健康。
• China's sustained and rapid economic development, led to the development of freight forwarding and logistics.
  中国经济持续高速发展，带动了货代和物流的发展。
• The army sustained a reverse.
  这支军队打了败仗。