Sustain



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.承受 ( 困难) , 支撑 ( 重量)
• ［英］ v.承受 ( 困难) , 支撑 ( 重量) ( carry or withstand a weight or pressure)
• ［记］ sus ( 下面) +tain -> 在下面支撑住
• ［例］ An unshakable faith sustained me ( 不可动摇的信念支撑着我) .

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English sustenen, from Anglo-French sustein-, stem of sustenir, from Latin sustinēre to hold up, sustain, from sub-, sus- up + tenēre to hold — more at sub-, thin
• Date: 13th century
• 1. to give support or relief to
• 2. to supply with sustenance ; nourish
• 3. keep up, prolong
• 4. to support the weight of ; prop; also to carry or withstand (a weight or pressure)
• 5. to buoy up <sustained by hope>
• 6.
  • a. to bear up under
  • b. suffer, undergo <sustained heavy losses>
• 7.
  • a. to support as true, legal, or just
  • b. to allow or admit as valid <the court sustained the motion>
• 8. to support by adequate proof ; confirm <testimony that sustains our contention>
• ? sustainedly adverb
• ? sustainer noun

II. noun

• Date: 1972
• a musical effect that prolongs a note's resonance <utilizing heavy sustain on his guitar — Bill Dahl>

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