sustentation

n. 支撑, 支持, 保持, 供养, 维持, 资助, 支持者, 食物

词形变化

sustentations 复数 sustentations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act or the result of sustaining; sustainment; sustention.

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  2. 2.

    The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.

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  3. 3.

    The scheme by which the ministers of the Free Church of Scotland are supported by voluntary contributions not local or congregational, but with a national altruism or solidarity paid into a great central fund, out of which equal stipends are paid to all alike.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

maintenance sustenance upkeep sustainment

上位词 1

support

词源

First attested in 1382: from the Old French sustentacion, from the Latin sustentātio, from sustentō; compare the Italian sostentazione, the Occitan sustentacion, the Portuguese sustentação, and the Spanish sustentación. Doublet of sustentatio.

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