sustenance

• n. 食料、生活、支援

持続、維持、保持、-ance、名詞接尾辞。派生語で食物、栄養。

sustenance (n.)

c. 1300, "means of living, subsistence, livelihood," from Old French sostenance "support, aid" (Modern French soutenance), from Late Latin sustinentia "endurance," from present participle stem of Latin sustinere (see sustain). Meaning "action of sustaining life by food" is from late 14c. Sense of "nourishment" is recorded from late 15c. Related: Sustenant.

1. There 's not much sustenace in a bowl of soup.

スープ1杯に栄養があまりありません。

2.He gave money for the sustenace of a poor family.

彼は貧しい家にお金をあげて生活を維持している。

3.The earth brings forth large crops every year for the sustenace of man and beast.

大地は毎年大量の農作物を生産し、人畜に食用する。dd>

4.The currents of air that the walls of the ship direct upwards，as well as in line of its course are enough to give the great bird with its immense wings sufficent sustenace and progress.

船壁に沿って上向きに誘導される空気流は、このような大きな翼を持つ大きな鳥に十分な支持力と前進力を与えるのに十分である。

5.His vanishing sum suggested that he would need sustenace .

彼の消えつつあるお金は、生計を立てる必要があると注意した。