sustain

• vt.維持する；支える；耐える；提供する；立証する

sus-、down、up、-tain、hold、grip、語源的にはcontain、tenureと同じ。

sustain (v.)

c. 1300, "give support to," from stem of Old French sostenir "hold up, bear; suffer, endure" (13c.), from Latin sustinere "hold up, hold upright; furnish with means of support; bear, undergo, endure," from sub "up from below" (see sub-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "continue, keep up" (an action, etc.) is from early 14c. Sense of "endure without failing or yielding" is from c. 1400. Related: Sustained; sustaining.

1. There 's a sufficiency of drama in these lives to sustain your interest.

これらの人々の生活はドラマチックで、いつもあなたを興味深くさせます。

2.Their defense markets are too small to sustain economically viable production runs.

彼らの国防市場は小さすぎて、経済的な実行可能性については生産を維持するのに十分ではない。

3.The people who sustain the worst losses are usually those who overreach.

身の程知らずの者は最悪の転落をすることが多い。

4.Naivety bordering on obtuseness helped sustain his faith.

魯鈍に近い無邪気さが彼を自分の信仰を守るようにした。

5.Which planets can sustain life？

生命の存在を維持できる惑星はどれですか。