sustainable
英 [s?'ste?n?b(?)l]
美 [s?'sten?bl]
- adj. 可以忍受的；足可支撐的；養(yǎng)得起的；可持續(xù)的
助記提示
1. sus- "up from below" + -tain + -able.
2. => hold up, support, endure.
中文詞源
sustainable 維持的，保持的，可持續(xù)的sustain,維持，保持，-able,形容詞后綴。
英文詞源
- sustainable (adj.)
- 1610s, "bearable," from sustain + -able. Attested from 1845 in the sense "defensible;" from 1965 with the meaning "capable of being continued at a certain level." Sustainable growth is recorded from 1965. Related: Sustainably.
雙語例句
- 1. an environmentally sustainable society
- 保持生態(tài)環(huán)境平衡的社會(huì)
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable.
- 那讓人難以認(rèn)真思考這個(gè)可能，即目前的政策也許并不能持續(xù)下去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Try to buy wood that you know has come from a sustainable source.
- 盡量購買來自可持續(xù)發(fā)展林的木材。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The creation of an efficient and sustainable transport system is critical to the long-term future of London.
- 建立一套高效穩(wěn)定的交通體系對(duì)倫敦的長遠(yuǎn)發(fā)展意義重大。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Global Programme on Globalization, Liberalization and Sustainable Human Development - Geneva, Switzerland [ UNCTAD - UNDP ]
- 全球化 、 自由化和人類可持續(xù)發(fā)展全球方案 -日 內(nèi)瓦, 瑞士 [ 貿(mào)發(fā)會(huì)議 - 開發(fā)計(jì)劃署 ]
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