sustenance

英 ['sʌstənəns] 美 ['sʌstənəns]

• n. 维持生计；营养；食物

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 食物
2. 维持
3. 生计
4. 营养
5. 养料
6. 支持
7. 供养
8. 保持
9. 粮食
10. 支持（物）
11. 持久
12. 滋养
13. 生存
14. 营养物
15. 支撑

英英释义

Noun:

1. a source of materials to nourish the body

2. the financial means whereby one lives;

   "each child was expected to pay for their keep"
   "he applied to the state for support"
   "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
   

3. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence;

   "they were in want of sustenance"
   "fishing was their main sustainment"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He gave money for the sustenance of a poor family.
   他把钱给一穷人家维持生活。
2. There isn't much sustenance in a cucumber.
   黄瓜没有很多营养。
3. She is weak from lack of sustenance.
   她因缺乏营养而虚弱。
4. He has gone for a week without sustenance.
   他已经一星期未吃食物了。
5. The urban homeless are often in desperate need of sustenance.
   城市里无家可归的人极其需要食物来维持生命。

经典引文

• The fur trade..gave early sustenance..to the great Canadian provinces.

  出自： W. Irving

词汇搭配

• daily sustenance 日口粮, 日给养...

近反义词

【近义词】

• nourishment 营养
• maintenance 维修
• livelihood 生计
• assistance 援助
• meat 肉
• refreshment 恢复
• victuals 食物
• nutrition 营养
• diet 日常食物
• food 食物
• provisions 供应
• fuel 燃料
• sustenance 维持生计
• wherewithal 必要的资金
• support 支持
• nutriment 营养品
• upkeep 维持
• keep 保持
• sustainment 支持
• alimentation 供养
• bread and butter 生计
• living 活着的
• aliment 食物
• sustentation 支持