sustenance

/'sʌstinәns/

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📖 中文释义

  1. n. 生活资料, 生计, 食物, 支持
  2. [法] 营养物, 维持, 支持

🔗 释义中的汉语词

💬 双语例句

  1. They are a symptom of a deeper problem: a US economy that has lived beyond its means for decades. Saving is but a means to an end – in this case the sustenance of a thriving and secure middle class.

  2. Many orthodox Hindus, particularly in the northern Indian states that comprise the so-called Cow Belt, worship the cow as gau mata, the “mother of all,” which provides nourishment and sustenance through its milk – not its meat. Refusing to eat beef is common in these states.

    许多正统印度教徒,尤其是位处北部印度各邦的神牛带状区域(Cow Belt)的民众,崇拜牛并将其视之为gau mata,既“万物之母 ” , 因为牛通过提供的牛奶维持人们的营养和生计 — — 但牛肉除外。 拒绝食用牛​肉在这些邦是普遍现象。

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🔗 常用搭配

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📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence