sustainable
/səˈsteɪnəb(ə)l/
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sə - ˈsteɪnəbəl -> sustainable
၁။ (က) အကျိုးပြုသည်။ အားပေးသည်။ အားတက်စေသည်။ အားဖြည့်သည်။ not enough oxygen to sustain life. ❍ Only the hope that the rescuers were getting nearer sustained the trapped miners (ie kept them cheerful and enabled them to stay alive). ❍ enjoy a sustaining breakfast (ie of food that gives strength).
(ခ) ဆွဲထားနိုင်သည်။ ဆွဲဆောင်နိုင်သည်။ အားတင်း ထား သည်။ တည်တံ့စေသည်။ sustain a note (ie continue to play or sing it without interruption) ❍ make a sustained effort to finish off the work ❍ The clapping was sustained for several minutes. ❍ The author is to sustain his argument throughout the chapter.
၂။ (fml ) ဒုက္ခတွေ့ကြုံရသည်။ ခံစားရသည်။ sustain a defeat/ a loss ❍ He sustained severe injuries to the head.
၃။ (law ) လက်ခံသည်။ အတည်ပြုသည်။ The court sustained his claim that the contract was illegal. ❍ Objection sustained!
၄။ (fml ) ခံနိုင်စွမ်းရှိသည်။ ခံနိုင်သည်။ ခံဆောင် ထားသည်။ The ice will not sustain your weight.
❏ sustainable /-ǝbl/ adj ထိန်းထားနိုင်သော။ ခံနိုင်သော။ sustainable economic growth
❍ environmentally sustainable policies (ie that do not harm the environment).
sustainability /sǝsteÇnǝ'bÇlǝti/ n [U]
- Only two of the planets could sustain life.
- Analysts believe present economic growth can be sustained without inflation.
- A cup of coffee isn’t enough to sustain you until lunchtime.
- Throughout the trial he was sustained by the support of his family.
- One of the officers sustained minor injuries in the fire.
- Both sides sustained heavy losses in the war.
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