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单词 sustenance
释义
sustenance
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈsʌs.tən.əns/us
/ˈsʌs.tən.əns/

sustenancenoun[U](FOOD)

food:
食物
During thisfreezingweather, thefoodput out byhouseholdersis the onlyformof sustenance that thebirdshave.在这种严寒的天气里，住户们放在外面的食物成了鸟儿们唯一的粮食。
theabilityoffoodtoprovidepeopleandanimalswith what they need to make themstrongandhealthy:
营养
Astickofcelerydoes notprovidemuch sustenance.一把芹菜提供不了多少营养。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Food - general words
  • aliment
  • bed
  • box scheme
  • carb
  • carbohydrate
  • cep
  • delicacy
  • eats
  • farm box
  • fast food
  • fayre
  • food
  • grub
  • mouthful
  • non-food
  • nosh
  • perishables
  • portion
  • produce box
  • whole food
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sustenancenoun[U](SUPPORT)

emotionalormentalsupport:
支持，支撑
When herhusbanddied, shedrewsustenancefrom/shefoundsustenanceinherreligiousbeliefs.丈夫死后，她从宗教信仰上寻求精神寄托。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Backing, supporting & defending
  • adopt
  • advocacy
  • affirmation
  • allyyourselfto/withsomeone
  • argumentation
  • backbone
  • badge
  • bailout
  • champion
  • keep the flag flyingidiom
  • recommended
  • red carpet
  • reinforce
  • right behindsomeoneidiom
  • roll out the red carpetidiom
  • root
  • root forsomeone
  • stick
  • stick together
  • sympathetic
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(Definition ofsustenancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sustenance| American Dictionary

sustenance
noun[U]
us/ˈsʌs·tə·nəns/
food, or theenergyand other thingsfoodprovidespeopleandanimalstokeepthemstrongandhealthy:
Theranchanimalsget a lot oftheirsustenance fromgrazing.
(Definition ofsustenancefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsustenance

sustenance
The religion has always depended on a monastic class for itssustenance, which in turn has often depended on state patronage.
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The significance of piassava's resource contribution to thesustenanceof mobile links and other community members awaits further study.
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Most of these methods were 'data free', drawingsustenancefrom rhetoric rather than empirical support.
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The activities and even proliferation of civil groups have been seen by several authors as vital to the democratisation project and itssustenance.
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His memory's cook offers physical and moralsustenance; the khansama, in contrast, produces unpalatable, if not dangerous, fare.
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The respect for the hunter as provider ofsustenancein lean times is thus explained.
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Instead, they must reject their parents, remain in the forest, and find theirsustenanceat the pure well-springs.
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All found themselves denied thesustenanceof the educational and political institutions that conferred prestige and power on past intellectuals.
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If we deny continuous creation, some other construal the notion ofsustenanceor conservation must be found.
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People scatter everywhere in search ofsustenance, to places outside the jurisdiction of their present government.
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Workers doing this work would get theirsustenancefrom the surplus value of the productive workers.
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They have extended to and derivedsustenancefrom processes of state formation which have been active at the very base of society.
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However, they could no longer meet theirsustenancefrom the forests, as the extent and quality of accessible forests declined.
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This is so because labor belongs to the things that constitute capital, as we shall explain in the chapter onsustenance.
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At the end of each day she is completely content; her basicsustenancecomes from nature alone.
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