Word

sustain

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雅思
/sə'sten/
v 支撑;支持,维持
记忆: sus(在…下面) + tain(支持) → 维持, 保持
例句:She found it difficult to sustain the children’s interest.(她发现很难保持孩子们的兴趣。);He was incapable of sustaining close relationships with women.(他无法和女人维持亲密关系。)
派生:sustainable;sustained;sustainability;sustainer;sustentation
短语:sustain losses
同近:maintain;undertake;support;accept;favor

同难度的词:sensible、sign、as、explicit、wreck、ravage、wreathe、impede、thesis、precedent、lofty、fridge

这些词都在「雅思」词表里,也可以按考试去背。