1、sustain
使持續;保持
But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age.
而他從青年時期一直到老年都始終保持著強烈的社會良知
。The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow.
地球上生命可以存活下來的地域范圍是非常狹小的
。經受;遭受;蒙受
Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage.
那里的每架飛機都受到了一些損壞
。A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries sustained in yesterday's bomb blast.
一位 17 歲的游客在昨天的炸彈爆炸中受傷并于當天深夜身亡
。支持;支援;救濟
The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season.
從經濟作物中獲得的收益能幫助他們度過不景氣的時期
。I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life.
這些支持的信件和人們每天對我的鼓勵一直支撐著我
。2、confirm
證實,證明(情況屬實)
X-rays have confirmed that he has not broken any bones.
X光片證實他沒有骨折
。These new statistics confirm our worst fears about the depth of the recession.
這些新的統計數據證實經濟衰退已經嚴重到我們最為擔憂的境地
。(某人)證實,肯定,確認
The spokesman confirmed that the area was now in rebel hands.
這位發言人證實該地區現已落入叛亂分子手中
。He confirmed what had long been feared.
他證實了人們長期以來的擔心
。