1、initial
开始的;最初的
The initial reaction has been excellent.
初期的反应非常好
。The aim of this initial meeting is to clarify the issues.
本次初步会议的目标是澄清这些问题
。用姓名的首字母签名于
Would you mind initialing this voucher?
请在凭单上用首字母签名
。The agreement was initialled in June.
这份协议是6月份草签的
。2、sustain
使持续;保持
But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age.
而他从青年时期一直到老年都始终保持着强烈的社会良知
。The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow.
地球上生命可以存活下来的地域范围是非常狭小的
。经受;遭受;蒙受
Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage.
那里的每架飞机都受到了一些损坏
。A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries sustained in yesterday's bomb blast.
一位 17 岁的游客在昨天的炸弹爆炸中受伤并于当天深夜身亡
。