sustenance的意思是：n.维持生计；营养；食物。sustenance【近义词】nourishment营养。sustenance的读音是英['sʌstənəns]；美['sʌstənəns]。
一、详尽释义点此查看sustenance的详细内容
二、英英释义
"each child was expected to pay for their keep"
"he applied to the state for support"
"he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
"they were in want of sustenance"
"fishing was their main sustainment"
三、词典解释
1.食物;营养;养料
Sustenance is food or drink which a person, animal, or plant needs to remain alive and healthy.
e.g. The state provided a basic quantity of food for dailysustenance, but little else.
国家提供基本的日常食物供应，但除此之外就没什么了。
四、例句
He gave money for the sustenance of a poor family.
他把钱给一穷人家维持生活。
There isn't much sustenance in a cucumber.
黄瓜没有很多营养。
She is weak from lack of sustenance.
她因缺乏营养而虚弱。
He has gone for a week without sustenance.
他已经一星期未吃食物了。
The urban homeless are often in desperate need of sustenance.
城市里无家可归的人极其需要食物来维持生命。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
The fur trade..gave early sustenance..to the great Canadian provinces.
出自：W. Irvingsustenance的相关近义词
nourishment、maintenance、livelihood、assistance、meat、refreshment、victuals、nutrition、diet、food、provisions、fuel、sustenance、wherewithal、support、nutriment、upkeep、keep、sustainment、alimentation、bread and butter、living、aliment、sustentation
sustenance的相关临近词
sutra、sustain、sustenance wage、sustenance money、sustenance funds、sustenance relation