sustenance
['sʌstənəns]
n. 活资, , 食,

[] 营养, 维,



sustenance
[ noun ]

1. a source of materials to nourish the body

<noun.food>

2. the financial means whereby one lives

<noun.possession>
each child was expected to pay for their keep
he applied to the state for support
he could no longer earn his own livelihood

3. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

<noun.act>
they were in want of sustenance
fishing was their main sustainment

Sustenance \Sus"te*nance\, n. [OF. sustenance, sostenance,
soustenance: cf. L. sustenentia endurance. See {Sustain}.]
1. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence;
as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions;
means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance. ``A
man of little sustenance.'' --Chaucer.

For lying is thy sustenance, thy food. --Milton.