"Despite more than two million troops in uniform - not counting the US military - NATO has struggled,at times desperately, to sustain a deployment of twenty-five thousand to forty-five thousand troops, not just in boots on the ground, but in crucial support assets."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

With any innovation, it's important not only to launch it properly but also to consider how to sustain it over time.

对于任何发明，重要的不仅仅是,正确的使用它，还要考虑,怎样维护它。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

because I see the problem with our society right now, is that people don't have the opportunity to sustain themselves

因为我们现在的问题是人们没有机会来供养自己，

要学习环境法 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Batstone-Carr says he thinks BP is strong enough to sustain this double-blow to its bank balance and its reputation.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

So we're talking about a poem being able to sustain itself in the world to be equal to the world.

因此，一首高贵的诗歌能够,在这个世界中维持自我并与这个世界媲美。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

That sums up much of NATO's strategy for Afghanistan: Get Afghans working so they can sustain their own country.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

So it's going to be pretty difficult for us to sustain this joint monopoly output, this collusive agreement.

因此说想要通过私下协议来,维持垄断产量,是非常困难的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

His theory was that the devices and body should remain firm, allowing the strings to vibrate longer and sustain a sound.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

The citizen of the best regime he says must be able to sustain war if duty requires but only for the sake of peace and leisure.

最佳政体的公民，据他所说,如果有义务上的需要，必需要能承担战争,但目的必需仅限于为了和平与安逸。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He says,at the end of the day, you are sure to make at least three or four dollars, to sustain your family.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

First of all, this thing can't sustain itself.

首先，它自我矛盾了。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Venezuelan oil analyst Juan Carlos Sosa says the government has diverted funds from oil infrastructure in order to sustain ever-more-expensive socialist initiatives.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Well, sometimes you divide up the land equally, but if that land continues to get smaller and smaller, it will not sustain an additional person, not to mention additional family.

一种做法是,平分耕地,但是如果人口越来越多呢,那平分的田地就不够一人所需,更不必说整个家庭了

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"Congress,the administration and the states must recognize that out weak economy simply could not sustain all these new taxes, regulations and mandates now under consideration.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

And what are some of the obstacles to sustain high growth? Some questions are... we are going to look at today.

又有哪些因素可能阻碍其经济的,高速增长？今天我们会。,讨论相关的问题。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

"As hard as it may be to sustain in these economic times, your commitments have never been more needed, they have never been more inspiring,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

We need to choose the one or two that are really going to drive and sustain the network and the service and the product As an editor, I am effectively just the chief editor of the company.

我需要选择那一件或两件,会真的带动这个网络，服务，产品,让它们持续发展的事情,拿编辑打比方，我就是公司有效率的总编。

斯坦福公开课 - Twitter之父Jack.Dorsey演讲：好奇和灵感的力量课程节选

"Elinor Ostrom's research has provided novel lessons about the mechanisms that sustain human cooperation,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

This move roots Frost's poetry of work in the lives of rural workers, people who have to sustain and entertain themselves, often on their own or alone.

这运动将弗罗斯特的诗歌扎根进,乡村工人的生活中，扎根进必须独自，支撑和娱乐他们自己的人中。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

And I think those two components probably will sustain the economy going forward."

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

Now this is the point at which we need to say something about a number of key terms that Derrida uses to sustain this sort of criticism of traditional ideas of language.

所以现在我们需要说一些,德里达的关键词,这些关键词用来维持对语言的传统想法的批评。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Although she couldn't name who might now be sponsoring the group, she thinks it's unlikely the LRA has been able to sustain its campaign this long without outside help.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

You have to limit your exposure to risky asset classes to a level that allows you to sustain those positions even in the face of terribly adverse market conditions.

你必须把手中持有的风险资产,限制在一个合适的比例水平,并且即使到了最差的市场环境下,你依旧能够承受这些风险资产

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"I think that there is a realism on our part that it will be some time before Afghanistan is able to sustain its security forces entirely on its own,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Five of them sustain moderate injuries, one is severely injured, you could spend all day caring for the one severely injured victim but in that time, the five would die.

其中五人伤势不算严重，另外一人受重伤，你可以花上一整天时间,来医治这一名受重伤的病人,但那另外五个病人就会死。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Smith says Turkey's position is difficult to sustain.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

I think what part of Sustain Dialogue does and just being in community with people it also challenges you. -It does.

我觉得，“持续对话“所做的部分活动,和与你不同的人在一起交流,这很有挑战性，-的确。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"It needs to be fully vetted, and when it is then we'll determine a number that makes sense for the security and stability of Afghanistan, that the Afghan government and its people can sustain with the assistance of coalition partners,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

One of my favorite groups on campus is a group called Sustain Dialogue which invites students as well as faculties or staff members to come together over a meal.

在校园里，我最喜欢的社团之一,叫做“持续对话“，这个社团会把学生,教授，职工，等人聚集起来,一起吃顿饭。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

How do I sustain myself when things don't go the way I planned?"

当事情超出了我的预测,我该怎么继续下去？“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选