sustain
verb · nounB2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To maintain, or keep in existence.
The professor had trouble sustaining students’ interest until the end of her lectures.
The city came under sustained attack by enemy forces.
Sam managed to sustain his erection for two straight hours.
- 2.
(transitive)To provide for or nourish.
provisions to sustain an army
Đồng nghĩa: hold
- 3.
(transitive)To encourage or sanction (something).
- 4.
(transitive)To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
The building sustained major damage in the earthquake.
- 5.
(transitive)To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition
- 6.
(law, of a judge) To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
- 7.
To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
A foundation sustains the superstructure; an animal sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
- 8.
To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
- 2.
(abbreviation, alt of, clipping)(video games) Clipping of sustainability.
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ine-pro From Middle English susteinen, sustenen, from Old French sustenir (soutenir), from Latin sustineō, sustinēre (to uphold), from sub- (from below, up) + teneō (hold).