一、詳細(xì)釋義:


v.

維持,保持 [T]


例句:

They found it difficult to sustain an interest in their talk.

他們感到很難保持他們談話的興趣。


例句:

The desire to know is not often strong enough to sustain critical inquiry.

人的求知欲常常不夠旺盛,難以使人保持批判性探索。


支撐,支持 [T]


例句:

The branches could hardly sustain the weight of fruit.

樹(shù)枝已很難支撐水果的重量。


例句:

The foundations were not strong enough to sustain the weight of the house.

這地基不夠牢固,無(wú)法支撐房屋的重量。


支援,救濟(jì) [T]


例句:

He sustained a large sum to the relief fund.

他向救濟(jì)基金捐贈(zèng)巨資。


例句:

We need to sustain people in the afflicted area.

我們要支援災(zāi)區(qū)。


經(jīng)受,遭受,忍受 [T]


例句:

The arrive goods sustain more serious damage than have been estimated.

到貨所遭受的損壞比原來(lái)估計(jì)的要嚴(yán)重得多。


例句:

How long will you sustain the rudeness of your boss?

對(duì)你上司的粗暴無(wú)禮你還能忍受多久?


供養(yǎng),承擔(dān) [T]


例句:

He has a wife and seven children to sustain.

他需要贍養(yǎng)妻子和七個(gè)孩子。


例句:

Adult offspring have the obligation to sustain their parents.

成年子女對(duì)父母有贍養(yǎng)扶助的義務(wù)。


證實(shí) [T]


例句:

These facts sustain the theory.

這些事實(shí)證實(shí)了這個(gè)理論。


例句:

The evidence is not detailed enough to sustain his argument.

這一證據(jù)過(guò)于籠統(tǒng),不足以證明他的論點(diǎn)。


扮演 [T]


例句:

He hasn't the experience to sustain the part of Hamlet.

他沒(méi)有扮演哈姆雷特的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。


例句:

He sustained a king in the pageant.

他在露天表演中扮演國(guó)王。


二、詞義辨析:


undergo,experience,sustain,suffer

這些動(dòng)詞均有“經(jīng)歷,經(jīng)受,遭受”之意。 undergo多指經(jīng)受艱難、痛苦、不愉快或危險(xiǎn)等事。 experience指親身經(jīng)受或體驗(yàn)?zāi)呈隆?sustain指遭受痛苦或承受負(fù)擔(dān)。 suffer??膳csustain通用,尤指受到損害或傷害。


三、詞義辨析:


back,uphold,support,sustain,advocate

這些動(dòng)詞均有“支持,支援,擁護(hù)”之意。 back通常指對(duì)論點(diǎn)、行動(dòng)、事業(yè)等的強(qiáng)有力支持。 uphold既可指積極努力對(duì)陷入困境者的支持,也可指給某人在行動(dòng)、道義或信仰上的支持。 support含義廣泛,多指在道義上或物質(zhì)上支持某人,也可指對(duì)某項(xiàng)事業(yè)的支持。 sustain側(cè)重指連續(xù)不斷的支持。 advocate多指通過(guò)寫(xiě)文章或發(fā)表演說(shuō)等來(lái)支持或擁護(hù),往往暗示提倡某事或?yàn)槟呈罗q護(hù)。


四、參考例句:


The facts sustain his theory.

這些事實(shí)都證明了他的理論。


These facts sustain the theory.

這些事實(shí)證實(shí)了這個(gè)理論。


They had sufficient food to sustain life.

他們有足夠維持生命的食物。


Can even our Ministers sustain a more humiliating disgrace?

我們的各位部長(zhǎng)大人是否還能容忍這樣的屈辱?


The branches could hardly sustain the weight of fruit.

樹(shù)枝已很難支撐水果的重量。


The evidence is not detailed enough to sustain his argument.

這一證據(jù)過(guò)于籠統(tǒng),不足以證明他的論點(diǎn)。


The pillars sustain the roof of the pit.

坑道頂用柱子支撐著。


We need to sustain people in the afflicted area.

我們要支援災(zāi)區(qū)。


Money doesn't sustain or fund real economic activity.

貨幣并不能支撐或資助真正的經(jīng)濟(jì)活動(dòng)。


How long will you sustain the rudeness of your boss?

對(duì)你上司的粗暴無(wú)禮你還能忍受多久?