sustenance

sustenance
noun
  1. [mass noun]food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment
    生活资料;食物;营养
    poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance.
    农村经济贫困,于是把土豆作为食物。
    ■the maintaining of someone or something in life or existence
    支撑物;维持物
    he kept two or three cows for the sustenance of his family.
    他养了两三头奶牛维持家里的生计。
    the sustenance of parliamentary democracy.
    议会民主政治的支撑。
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French soustenance, from the verb soustenir (see sustain)
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