sustained 音标拼音: [səst'end]
a . 持续的
持续的
sustained adj 1 :
maintained at length without interruption or weakening ;
"
sustained flight "
2 : (
of an electric arc )
continuous ; "
heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs " [
synonym : {
free burning }, {
sustained }]
Sustain \
Sus *
tain "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Sustained };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Sustaining }.] [
OE .
sustenen ,
susteinen ,
OF .
sustenir ,
sostenir ,
F .
soutenir (
the French prefix is properly fr .
L .
subtus below ,
fr .
sub under ),
L .
sustinere ;
pref .
sus - (
see {
Sub -})
tenere to hold .
See {
Tenable },
and cf .
{
Sustenance }.]
1 .
To keep from falling ;
to bear ;
to uphold ;
to support ;
as ,
a foundation sustains the superstructure ;
a beast sustains a load ;
a rope sustains a weight .
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Every pillar the temple to sustain . --
Chaucer .
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2 .
Hence ,
to keep from sinking ,
as in despondence ,
or the like ;
to support .
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No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under the evils in this world .
--
Tillotson .
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3 .
To maintain ;
to keep alive ;
to support ;
to subsist ;
to nourish ;
as ,
provisions to sustain an army .
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4 .
To aid ,
comfort ,
or relieve ;
to vindicate . --
Shak .
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His sons ,
who seek the tyrant to sustain . --
Dryden .
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5 .
To endure without failing or yielding ;
to bear up under ;
as ,
to sustain defeat and disappointment .
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6 .
To suffer ;
to bear ;
to undergo .
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Shall Turnus ,
then ,
such endless toil sustain ?
--
Dryden .
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You shall sustain more new disgraces . --
Shak .
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7 .
To allow the prosecution of ;
to admit as valid ;
to sanction ;
to continue ;
not to dismiss or abate ;
as ,
the court sustained the action or suit .
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8 .
To prove ;
to establish by evidence ;
to corroborate or confirm ;
to be conclusive of ;
as ,
to sustain a charge ,
an accusation ,
or a proposition .
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Syn :
To support ;
uphold ;
subsist ;
assist ;
relieve ;
suffer ;
undergo .
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Sustained \
Sus *
tained "\,
a .
Held up to a certain pitch ,
degree ,
or level ;
uniform ;
as ,
sustained pasion ;
a sustained style of writing ;
a sustained note in music .
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86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sustained ":
abiding ,
based on ,
bolstered ,
borne ,
braced ,
buttressed ,
ceaseless ,
changeless ,
chattering ,
constant ,
continual ,
continued ,
continuing ,
continuous ,
durable ,
enduring ,
even ,
firm ,
fixed ,
founded on ,
frozen ,
grounded on ,
guyed ,
held ,
immobile ,
immutable ,
incessant ,
indefatigable ,
intact ,
interminable ,
inviolate ,
lasting ,
level ,
machine gun ,
maintained ,
oscillating ,
perennial ,
permanent ,
perpetual ,
persistent ,
prolonged ,
propped ,
pulsating ,
quiescent ,
rapid ,
regular ,
remaining ,
repeated ,
rigid ,
shored up ,
solid ,
stable ,
staccato ,
static ,
stationary ,
stayed ,
staying ,
steadfast ,
steady ,
sticking ,
stuttering ,
supported ,
torpid ,
unaltered ,
unbroken ,
unceasing ,
unchangeable ,
unchanged ,
unchanging ,
unchecked ,
undestroyed ,
undying ,
unfading ,
unfailing ,
uniform ,
unintermitted ,
unintermittent ,
unintermitting ,
uninterrupted ,
unremitting ,
unshifting ,
unstopped ,
unvaried ,
unvarying ,
upheld ,
vibrating
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