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sustain

第 5 集:Brutal,像一群鬣狗

/səˈsteɪn/ · verb

撐住、維持下去

To the level that—— To the level for me, I can't even sustain.

推到一個程度,是我自己都撐不住的。

  • You push so hard that I can't even sustain it.

    你們拚到我自己都撐不住。

  • I can't sustain this pace for another year.

    這種節奏我撐不了再一年。

  • Nobody can sustain sixty-hour weeks forever.

    沒有人能一直一週做六十小時。

後面通常接撐住的東西:sustain this pace、sustain it。口語也常說 I can't keep this up。