Sustenance

(noun.) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; 'they were in want of sustenance'; 'fishing was their main sustainment'.

乔整理

• They are kept to do the bidding of the race of therns; to furnish at once their sport and their sustenance. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• In this case there was no material object to feed upon, but the eye of reason saw a probability of mental sustenance in the shape of gossip. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It did not cease till the Atlantic was strewn with wrecks: it did not lull till the deeps had gorged their full of sustenance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• We have said that Mr. Weller was engaged in preparing for his journey to London--he was taking sustenance, in fact. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• In affection is no pain and no fire, only sustenance and balm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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