sustainable
英 [sə'steɪnəb(ə)l]
美 [sə'stenəbl]
- adj. 可以忍受的；足可支撐的；養得起的；可持續的
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，可持續的sustain,維持，保持，-able,形容詞後綴。
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
- 保持生態環境平衡的社會
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable.
- 那讓人難以認真思考這個可能，即目前的政策也許並不能持續下去。
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發展林的木材。
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.
- 建立一套高效穩定的交通體係對倫敦的長遠發展意義重大。
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發展全球方案 -日 內瓦, 瑞士 [ 貿發會議 - 開發計劃署 ]
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