sustenance

US [ˈsʌstənəns]
UK ['sʌstənəns]
  • n.营养；食物；养料；维持
  • Web生计；支持；营养物

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sustenance
n.
1.
食物；营养；养料the food and drink that people, animals and plants need to live and stay healthy
There's not much sustenance in a bowl of soup.
一碗汤没多少营养。
Arguing would only give further sustenance to his allegations.
越是争论，他越会觉得自己那些说法有道理。
2.
~ (of sth)
维持；保持the process of making sth continue to exist
Elections are essential for the sustenance of parliamentary democracy.
选举制度是维持议会民主所必不可少的。

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1.
For sustenance, he eats his way through the menu at the local Chinese takeaway.
为了填肚子，他在当地的一家外买中餐馆的菜单上获寻食物。
wèi le tián dù zi , tā zài dāng dì de yì jiā wài mǎi zhōng cān guǎn de cài dān shàng huò xún shí wù 。
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2.
He was the Sustenance for the hearts of the Seekers and he was the means for those wishing to hear directly the Divine Words.
他是滋养求道者之心的粮食，他是求道者通往用心直接聆听神圣言辞的途径。
tā shì zī yǎng qiú dào zhě zhī xīn de liáng shi , tā shì qiú dào zhě tōng wǎng yòng xīn zhí jiē líng tīng shén shèng yán cí de tú jìng 。
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3.
As a notion of value, national ethos possesses the value of cohesion, that of spiritual sustenance and that of spiritual motivation.
民族精神作为一种价值观念，具有凝聚力价值、精神支撑价值和精神动力价值。
mín zú jīng shén zuò wéi yī zhǒng jià zhí guān niàn , jù yǒu níng jù lì jià zhí 、 jīng shén zhī chēng jià zhí hé jīng shén dòng lì jià zhí 。
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4.
Once he thought he was just as spiritual sustenance, but later found out is not the case.
开始认为只是把他作为精神寄托，但后来发现情况并非如此。
kāi shǐ rèn wéi zhǐ shì bǎ tā zuò wéi jīng shén jì tuō , dàn hòu lái fā xiàn qíng kuàng bìng fēi rú cǐ 。
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5.
Just as parasites do, cancer depends on its host for sustenance, which is why treatments that choke off tumors can be so effective.
和寄生虫一样，癌细胞依赖于宿主而获得营养成分，这也是扼杀肿瘤的这种治疗手段会如此有效的原因。
hé jì shēng chóng yí yàng , ái xì bāo yī lài yú sù zhǔ ér huò de yíng yǎng chéng fèn , zhè yě shì è shā zhǒng liú de zhè zhǒng zhì liáo shǒu duàn huì rú cǐ yǒu xiào de yuán yīn 。
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6.
The cradle of your birth and sustenance is now prepared for an overhaul which shall lead to the fall of all that have chosen to fall.
你们诞生和赖以生存的摇篮，现已为一个大检修做好准备，这将导致所有那些选择跌落者的跌落。
nǐ men dàn shēng hé lài yǐ shēng cún de yáo lán , xiàn yǐ wéi yī gè dà jiǎn xiū zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi , zhè jiāng dǎo zhì suǒ yǒu nà xiē xuǎn zé diē luò zhě de diē luò 。
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7.
It makes me sad, missing her when watching shows that smiling face, my heart did not like the sustenance like, mind empty and vain.
这让我难过，不见了她看节目时的那种笑脸，我的心也像没了寄托似的，脑子里空虚虚的。
zhè ràng wǒ nán guò , bú jiàn le tā kàn jié mù shí de nà zhǒng xiào liǎn , wǒ de xīn yě xiàng méi le jì tuō shì de , nǎo zi lǐ kōng xū xū de 。
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8.
In life seems to be lacking a spiritual sustenance, they will approach things a little comfort scarred heart, even if it is superstition.
在生活中似乎缺少了精神寄托，便寻求一点东西安慰伤痕累累的心，哪怕是迷信。
zài shēng huó zhōng sì hū quē shǎo le jīng shén jì tuō , biàn xún qiú yì diǎn dōng xi ān wèi shāng hén léi lěi de xīn , nǎ pà shì mí xìn 。
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9.
are enough to give the great bird with its immense wings sufficient sustenance and progress.
给这种巨翼大鸟以足够的浮力和推力。
gěi zhè zhǒng jù yì dà niǎo yǐ zú gòu de fú lì hé tuī lì 。
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10.
Scientists have known for a while that when a body becomes starved for sustenance, cells start eating bits and pieces of themselves.
科学家们已经知晓当人体开始“饿求”食物时，细胞就会开始一点一点地吞噬自己。
kē xué jiā men yǐ jīng zhī xiǎo dāng rén tǐ kāi shǐ " è qiú " shí wù shí , xì bāo jiù huì kāi shǐ yì diǎn一点de tūn shì zì jǐ 。
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