英汉词典

sustenance 基本解释

• n. 食物；生计；支持

sustenance 中文词源

sustain,维持，保持，-ance,名词后缀。引申词义食物，营养。

sustenance 英文词源

sustenance (n.)

c. 1300, "means of living, subsistence, livelihood," from Old French sostenance "support, aid" (Modern French soutenance), from Late Latin sustinentia "endurance," from present participle stem of Latin sustinere (see sustain). Meaning "action of sustaining life by food" is from late 14c. Sense of "nourishment" is recorded from late 15c. Related: Sustenant.

sustenance 英文释义

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"

sustenance 双语例句

1. There's not much sustenance in a bowl of soup.

一碗汤没多少营养。

来自《权威词典》

2. He gave money for the sustenance of a poor family.

他把钱给一穷人家维持生活.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. The earth brings forth large crops every year for the sustenance of man and beast.

大地每年生产出大量的农作物,供人畜食用.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The currents of air that the walls of the ship direct upwards, as well as in line of its course are enough to give the great bird with its immense wings sufficent sustenance and progress.

沿着船壁向上引导的以及与航行方向一致的气流足以给这种长有特大翅膀的大鸟以充分的支撑力和前进力.

来自《用法词典》

5. His vanishing sum suggested that he would need sustenance.

他那逐渐消失的钱提醒他,需要找点生计了.

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

sustenance 实用场景例句

There's not much sustenance in a bowl of soup.

一碗汤没多少营养。

牛津词典

(figurative)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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We derive our sustenance from the land.

我们从土地获取食物.

辞典例句

Great satire needs the sustenance of great fable.

伟大的讽刺作品需要伟大的怪异故事来滋养它.

辞典例句

Say: " Who gives you sustenance, from the heavens and the earth? "

你说: “ 谁从天上和地下供给你们? ”

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As it is, you can get the same nutritional sustenance in slice of whole grain bread.

如果这样, 啤酒的营养和一片全麦面包是一样的.

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They wanted to see him, because they wanted to draw a certain sustenance from his strength.

他们想见到他, 因为他们想从他的实力里吸取某种养料.

辞典例句

Our plans decided for tomorrow, we decamped to a local restaurant for sustenance.

第二天的计划安排妥当之后, 我们去一家当地餐馆吃了顿好的.

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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.

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And how can we have a close walk with God and receive His guidance and sustenance?

如何才能与爱我们的主亲密同行?领受祂的丰富?

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Spirituality is an inner fire, a mystical sustenance that feeds our souls.

精神是一份心中的激情, 是滋润我们灵魂的一种神秘食粮.

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The currents of air that the walls of the ship direct upwards, as well as in line of its course are enough to give the great bird with its immense wings sufficent sustenance and progress.

沿着船壁向上引导的以及与航行方向一致的气流足以给这种长有特大翅膀的大鸟以充分的支撑力和前进力.

《用法词典》

People living earth, at least have a kind of sustenance, a pleasure.

人活大地, 起码都要一种寄托, 一种快乐.

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There isn't much sustenance in a cucumber.

黄瓜没有很多营养.

辞典例句

Ideal, in fact, should be a spiritual and spiritual sustenance.

理想, 其实应该是一种心灵寄托,精神寄托.

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Upadana, or clinging, also refers to the sustenance a fire takes from its fuel.

意为执著, 也指火从燃料中获得的滋养.

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He gave money for the sustenance of a poor family.

他把钱给一穷人家维持生活.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The image was to convey the dead mans hunger for guidance and spiritual sustenance, said Cayce.

凯西说,这个画面表明死者需要指导和灵魂的营养.

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Interactions during buna involve greetings, honoring , respecting the elders, praying, sharing stories, and sustenance.

布那上的互动牵涉到问候 、 荣幸 、 尊敬长者 、 祈祷 、 分享故事, 以及食物.

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The earth brings forth large crops every year for the sustenance of man and beast.

大地每年生产出大量的农作物,供人畜食用.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

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To find a spiritual sustenance, to say it is also a good way.

找一个心灵寄托, 怎么说也是一个好办法吧.

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Also now I have gained on him in the question of sustenance.

再说,眼下在食物方面我也比它占优势.

英汉文学 - 老人与海

Miss is a sustenance, a hope, a hope that is the after the rain.

思念是一种寄托, 一种希望, 一种期盼,是雨后彩虹.

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All they had for sustenance was a bottle of whisky.

他们维持生命食物只有一瓶威士忌.

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