喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/səˈsteɪnd/持續的 / 持久的

    continuing steadily for a long time without stopping or getting weaker

    示範例句 · Example

    Getting good at the piano takes sustained effort over many months.

    逐字把鋼琴練好需要好幾個月持續的努力。

    「sustained」形容一件事持續很久、中間沒有停下來、力道也沒有變弱。可以想成從動詞 sustain（撐住、維持）長出來的形容詞，常放在名詞前面，像 a sustained effort。跟 long 只講時間長不同，sustained 還多了「一直有在撐著、沒鬆手」的感覺。

    常見搭配

    • sustained effort

      持續不斷的努力

      effort you keep making for a long time without stopping

      Losing weight in a healthy way takes sustained effort.

    • sustained growth

      持續的成長

      growth that continues steadily over a long period

      The company enjoyed sustained growth for ten years.

    • sustained attack

      持續的攻勢

      a series of attacks that continues without stopping

      The town was under sustained attack from the storm.

    • a sustained campaign

      持續的行動

      a planned set of actions that continues for a long time

      They ran a sustained campaign to clean up the river.

core核心畫面

Picture a long note held on a violin: it does not stop and it does not fade — something is holding it up the whole time. That is what this adjective says about an effort, a growth rate or an attack — it kept going at full strength, not in short bursts.

可以想成：小提琴上一個拉得很長的音，中間不斷、也沒有變弱，因為有人一直在撐著它。這個形容詞講的就是這種狀態：一段努力、一段成長、一波攻勢，是一路撐著過來的，不是斷斷續續來幾下。

同家族的字

比較級 more sustained最高級 most sustained

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

sustainedadj/səˈsteɪnd/

  • 1

    Held continuously at a certain level.

    • Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
  • 2

    entertainmentlifestylemusicHeld at a certain pitch.

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