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He has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age.

他从青年时代到晚年一直保持着强烈的社会良知。

The answer is that the economic indicators have a basic fault: they show no difference between resource uses that sustain progress and those uses that will hurt it.

答案是，这些经济指标有一个基础性错误：它们没有显示出维持进步的资源使用与那些对进步有损的资源使用之间的区别。

Most notably, Jorma Ollila, who had led Nokia's transition from an industrial company to a technology giant, was too fascinated by the company's previous success to recognize the change that was needed to sustain its competitiveness.

最值得注意的是，约玛·奥利拉曾领导诺基亚从一家工业公司转型为科技巨头，而他对该公司以往的成功太过着迷，以至于没有意识到维持其竞争力所需要的变革。

Which planets can sustain life?

哪些行星可以维持生命的存在？

Some of those small mammals help to sustain such big birds as golden eagles.

一些小型哺乳动物是诸如金雕这样的大型鸟类的食物。

Lemmings periodically commit mass suicide, and no one knows just why! The small creatures, which inhabit the Scandinavian mountains, sustain themselves on a diet of roots and live in nests they make underground.

旅鼠周期性地集体自杀，没有人知道究竟为什么！这种生活在斯堪的那维亚山脉的小生物，以树根为食，住在它们在地下建造的巢穴里。

The company sustained losses of millions of dollars.

公司遭受了数百万元的巨大损失。

The love and support of his family sustained him during his time in prison.

家人的关爱和支持帮助他度过了狱中的岁月。