英文词源
- sustainable (adj.)
- 1610s, "bearable," from sustain + -able. Attested from 1845 in the sense "defensible;" from 1965 with the meaning "capable of being continued at a certain level." Sustainable growth is recorded from 1965. Related: Sustainably.
中文词源
词根词缀： sus-下 + -tain-握,持有 + -able
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：sustainable 词源，sustainable 含义。
sustain,维持，保持，-able,形容词后缀。
