sustainable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A renewable energy source.
    — It has only been in the last 20 years that the long-term trend away from fossil fuels and toward nuclear energy and sustainables has intensified.
形容词 adj.
  1. Able to be sustained.
  2. Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.
    — sustainable economy

词形变化

more sustainable comparative most sustainable superlative sustainables plural

词汇关系

衍生词
biosustainable ecosustainable nonsustainable sustainability sustainable development sustainable tourist sustainably unsustainable

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English sustain
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English sustainable
From sustain + -able.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English sustain
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English sustainable
From sustain + -able.
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