sustaining

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process by which something is sustained or upheld.
    — Beginnings are very different from sustainings; the irregular, often violent, and improvised actions of the founder hero must be succeeded by the regular election of leaders according to law.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of sustain form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”
形容词 adj.
  1. That sustains, supports or provides sustenance.
    — […] eternall life, the end of all our wearisome labours, and all our sustaining hopes.

词形变化

sustainings plural more sustaining comparative most sustaining superlative
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