to sustain damage/an injury/a defeat

A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries sustained in yesterday's bomb blast.

一位 17 岁的游客在昨天的炸弹爆炸中受伤并于当天深夜身亡。

He leant against her so heavily that she could barely sustain his weight.

他重重地靠在她身上,让她几乎撑不住了。

a period of sustained economic growth

经济持续增长的时期

a sustained attack

持续的攻击

This argument is difficult to sustain.

这个论点难以证明。

The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season...

从经济作物中获得的收益能帮助他们度过不景气的时期。

But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age...

而他从青年时期一直到老年都始终保持着强烈的社会良知。

Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage...

那里的每架飞机都受到了一些损坏。

They gave me barely enough food to sustain me.

他们给我的食物几乎都不够我活命。

The company has sustained heavy financial losses this year.

这家公司今年遭受了严重的经济损失。

Some nearby buildings sustained minor damage.

附近一些建筑物遭受到轻微损坏。

He was incapable of sustaining close relationships with women.

他无法和女人维持亲密关系。

The company sustained losses of millions of dollars.

公司遭受了数百万元的巨大损失。

Objection sustained ! (= said by a judge when a lawyer makes an objection in court)

反对成立！

The evidence is not detailed enough to sustain his argument.

这一证据过于笼统，不足以证明他的论点。

She found it difficult to sustain the children's interest.

她发现很难保持孩子们的兴趣。

I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life...

这些支持的信件和人们每天对我的鼓励一直支撑着我。

The thought of seeing her again was all that sustained me.

再见到她的念头是让我支撑下去的全部力量。

The love and support of his family sustained him during his time in prison.

家人的关爱和支持帮助他度过了狱中的岁月。

Two of the firefighters sustained serious injuries.

有两名消防员受了重伤。