v establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
词态变化
原型:sustain
变形:i
常见例句
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capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or properties.
2
Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc.
3
especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining
4
A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal
5
The rejection of all logic and facts that do not support a predetermined conclusion. To cherry pick information. The opposite of Occam's (or Ockham's) razor. Someone who ignores opposing hypothesis, or viewpoints. Self sustaining ignorance. > They used the obdicut method of research and shoved their heads in the sand.
