sustain
/səˈsteɪn/
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v. 維持；支撐；承受
- Fishing alone can no longer sustain the village, so many families now run small guesthouses. 光靠捕魚已經無法維持這個村子的生計，所以許多家庭現在經營小民宿。
其他意思
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v. 維持, 支撐, 承受, 蒙受
If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.
- But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age
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字根
ten, tin, tain 握住、保持
sus + tain在下方 + 握住