sustained

Thân thiện

The pilot maintained sustained flight through the clear sky.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Continuing for an extended period without interruption or weakening: The primary meaning describes something that is maintained at a constant, often high, level or intensity over a long time.
   • (Technical) Continuous and steady: In specific contexts, such as engineering or physics, it describes a process or state that is unbroken and stable.

Usage

The adjective sustained is used to describe an action, effort, sound, or condition that is prolonged and consistent. It often implies a deliberate or inherent ability to maintain itself. * It typically precedes the noun it modifies (e.g., a sustained effort). * It can follow linking verbs like "be" or "remain" (e.g., The applause was sustained).

Examples

• The orchestra received sustained applause that lasted for several minutes.
• Her success was the result of sustained hard work over many years.
• The economy cannot grow without sustained investment in infrastructure.
• The pilot demonstrated sustained flight at a high altitude.
• The lawyer raised a sustained objection throughout the witness's testimony.

Advanced Usage

• Sustained damage/injury: Refers to harm that is serious and lasting, not minor or temporary.
  • The building sustained significant damage in the storm.
• Sustained argument/criticism: Indicates a logical case or critique that is developed and maintained consistently over time.
  • The philosopher presented a sustained argument for ethical realism.
• Sustained yield: (In forestry or agriculture) A harvest level that can be maintained indefinitely without depleting the resource.
  • The forest is managed for sustained yield.

Variants and Related Words

• Sustain (verb): To strengthen, support, or maintain over time; to undergo or suffer (e.g., ).
• Sustenance (noun): Food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment. The means of maintaining life.
• Sustainable (adjective): Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level without causing depletion or long-term environmental damage.
• Sustaining (adjective): Providing support, strength, or nourishment (e.g., a meal).

Synonyms

• Continuous: Uninterrupted in time.
• Prolonged: Extended in duration.
• Persistent: Continuing firmly despite difficulty.
• Unremitting: Never relaxing or slackening; incessant.
• Steady: Firmly fixed, supported, or balanced; regular and even.

Antonyms

• Intermittent: Occurring at irregular intervals.
• Sporadic: Occurring occasionally or in scattered instances.
• Brief: Short in duration.
• Abated: Lessened in intensity or degree.

Collocations and Common Phrases

• Sustained effort
• Sustained growth
• Sustained attention
• Sustained period
• Sustained attack
• Sustained note (in music)
• Sustained development

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of an electric arc) continuous
   • heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs
2. maintained at length without interruption or weakening
   • sustained flight

Từ đồng nghĩa

• free burning