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sustained

/suh-steynd/US // səˈsteɪnd //

持续的,持续,持续发展,持续不断的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : kept in process or continued over time; continuous: National budgets need to reflect a sustained commitment to children's positive development, strong families, and caring communities.
    • : borne, experienced, or suffered: Homeowner’s insurance is not available to cover sustained losses from a radiological accident.
    • : upheld or confirmed as valid: Nothing smacks more of courtroom defeat than ending a cross-examination on a sustained objection.

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Examples

  • “Jeremy and I may have been the catalyst for how this began, but it’s really our bakers that sustain the effort,” said McKenzie.

  • Even after Solyndra’s failure, sustained public investments in solar R&D built the industry into a robust alternative to fossil fuels.

  • Burger King sustained its campaign momentum by using Promoted Video in the days following the Promoted Trend Spotlight, reinforcing its brand messaging while sharing more information.

  • We work closely with our R&D to enhance a few or to develop new applications, to sustain new methodologies on process.

  • A lower number is better, because it means you’re burning less energy to sustain the same pace.

  • Any restaurant with a sustained fame ends up becoming a set, of sorts, and on that front, Sotto Sotto cinched it.

  • What could have sustained him during these darkest of hours?

  • So yes, there was a lot of meaty stuff that sustained me over those eight years.

  • Beijing, famously, launched a coordinated and sustained attack against Google a half decade ago to injure its business in China.

  • The fact that the virus is still alive has sustained many safety concerns, both rational and irrational, about its use.

  • The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence.

  • The allies sustained a loss of 20,000, and among them several experienced officers.

  • But for whatever injury the maker of the check may have sustained the bank must make good.

  • A few scratches here and there marred the polish of the frame and one cushion had sustained an ugly rent.

  • He can do another thing, accept the stock and sue for the damage he has sustained by the deceit that has been practiced on him.