单词 | sustain |
释义 | sustain sustain // verb [+ obj]
1 to make sth continue for some time without becoming less: a period of sustained economic growth a sustained period of falling prices We have enough cash to sustain the business for a year.
2 to experience sth bad: The company sustained massive losses.
3 to provide evidence to support an opinion, a theory, etc: The evidence is not detailed enough to sustain his argument.
4 (Law ) to decide that a claim, etc. is valid: The court sustained his claim that the contract was illegal. |
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