sustenance

英 [ˈsʌstənəns]

美 [ˈsʌstənəns]

n. 食物; 营养; 养料; 维持; 保持

BNC.18478 / COCA.14178

牛津词典

noun

食物；营养；养料
the food and drink that people, animals and plants need to live and stay healthy
1. There's not much sustenance in a bowl of soup.
  一碗汤没多少营养。
2. 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。
维持；保持
the process of making sth continue to exist
1. 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。

N-UNCOUNT 食物;营养;养料
Sustenanceis food or drink which a person, animal, or plant needs to remain alive and healthy.
1. The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else.
  国家提供基本的日常食物供应，但除此之外就没什么了。

noun

the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
1. they were in want of sustenance
2. fishing was their main sustainment
Synonym:sustentationsustainmentmaintenanceupkeep
a source of materials to nourish the body
Synonym:nutrimentnourishmentnutritionalimentalimentationvictuals
the financial means whereby one lives
1. each child was expected to pay for their keep
2. he applied to the state for support
3. he could no longer earn his own livelihood
Synonym:supportkeeplivelihoodlivingbread and butter

And exactly how are we gonna find this sustenance?
那么我们怎样可以找到食物？
If you are to survive without your symbiote, you require sustenance.
如果你要没有共生体存活下去，你就必须要食物来维持。
We derive our sustenance from the land.
我们从土地获取食物。
Writing poems, calligraphy, painting and designing are his game and sustenance.
一生清贫，诗书画及设计工作是我生命中的戏寄托。
I lay on the bed I suffer," the Bible "has become my only spiritual sustenance.
躺在病榻上的我我苦不堪言，《圣经》便成为我唯一的精神寄托。
Plants get nourishment from the soil. We derive our sustenance from the land.
植物从土壤中吸取养料。我们从土地获取食物。
Look, I brought sustenance. Who's first?
我带了食物来，谁先来？
The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else.
国家提供基本的日常食物供应，但除此之外就没什么了。
To find a spiritual sustenance, how to say it is also a good way.
找一个心灵寄托，怎么说也是一个好办法吧。
For all of human history we have depended on nature's bounty for sustenance, well-being and development.
在整个人类历史中，我们一直依赖大自然的赐予维持生计、增进福祉和谋求发展。