sustenance [ˈsʌstənəns]

例句:

• The fur trade...gave early sustenance...to the great Canadian provinces.
  来自W. Irving
• There's not much sustenance in a bowl of soup.
  一碗汤没多少营养。
  
• He gave money for the sustenance of a poor family.
  他把钱给一穷人家维持生活.
  
• The earth brings forth large crops every year for the sustenance of man and beast.
  大地每年生产出大量的农作物,供人畜食用.
  
• Plankton is the main source of sustenance for these filter-feeding sharks.
  来自MSN
• Nor is it true that bananas include moisture as well as sustenance.
  来自V. Woolf