首页英语词典sustainablesustainable的意思

sustainable怎么读？

sustainable

英 [sə'steɪnəb(ə)l] 美[sə'stenəbl]

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近义词endurable

adj. 可以忍受的；足可支撑的；养得起的；可持续的

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词态变化

名词: sustainability;

助记提示

1. sus- "up from below" + -tain + -able.
2. => hold up, support, endure.

中文词源

sustainable 维持的，保持的，可持续的

sustain,维持，保持，-able,形容词后缀。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. an environmentally sustainable society: 保持生态环境平衡的社会

2. That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable.: 那让人难以认真思考这个可能，即目前的政策也许并不能持续下去。

3. Try to buy wood that you know has come from a sustainable source.: 尽量购买来自可持续发展林的木材。

4. The creation of an efficient and sustainable transport system is critical to the long-term future of London.: 建立一套高效稳定的交通体系对伦敦的长远发展意义重大。

5. Global Programme on Globalization, Liberalization and Sustainable Human Development - Geneva, Switzerland [ UNCTAD - UNDP ]: 全球化、自由化和人类可持续发展全球方案 -日内瓦, 瑞士 [ 贸发会议 - 开发计划署 ]