Sostenido in english
Sustained
pronunciation: səsteɪnd part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: səsteɪnd part of speech: adjective
In gestures
sostener1 = sustain ; balance ; hold.
Example: Publishers in the United Stated benefit from a larger home market which serves to sustain the production of an information tool.Example: He lifted about five lines from the top of the nearest page on a setting rule and balanced it on his left hand, with the face of the letter towards him and the last line uppermost.Example: If the search is made with a call number, a summary of copies with that call number which are held by the library is first displayed.more:
» el que sostiene a la familia = breadwinner, the [También se escribe bread winner] .
Example: In most households the family car disappears with the breadwinner each morning leaving the rest of the family isolated from many essential services.» ser el único que sostiene a la familia = be the sole provider ; be the sole breadwinner .
Example: My mate felt as though she was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders, she had to be the sole provider. Example: At least two in five working moms and working dads are the sole breadwinners for their households, yet working dads are almost three times as likely to earn $50,000 or more.» sostener (a) la familia = support + Posesivo + family .
Example: In this poignant drama Sita, a spirited young woman, works to support her family as a singer and prostitute in a local brothel.» sostener con cuidado = cradle .
Example: She cradled his face in her palms and leaned forward to brush a gentle kiss over his lips.» sostener una conversación = sustain + a conversation ; hold + a conversation .
Example: Those with verbal skills could still have trouble initiating and sustaining conversations outside of their own interests. Example: The global village will not become a reality until each inhabitant is able to hold an electronic conversation with his neighbour.sostener2 = be + Posesivo + contention ; contend ; submit ; uphold ; underpin ; hold ; maintain.
Example: It is our contention that an understanding of such basic principles is fundamental to an appreciation of the many and varied contexts that the individual is likely to encounter.Example: The author contends that it is possible to view the search conducted with the aid of a series of menus as having strong similarities with the search through the hierarchy of a enumerative classification scheme.Example: I submit that no ordinary, right-minded library user who is looking for Western Behavioral Institute is going to look under LA JOLLA, California.Example: It's about time that we go back to these principles and make sure that the quality of cataloging is upheld.Example: This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.Example: Some theorists hold that one stage must be completely worked through before the next stage can be entered.Example: They maintain, in an article written for Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS) 'that automated cataloging systems have addressed only half of the problems of maintaining a library catalog'.more:
» sostener + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + argument .
Example: One strategy that she uses to support her argument is exemplification, specifically the use of numbers and statistical representations.» sostener + Posesivo + idea = support + Posesivo + idea ; sustain + Posesivo + idea .
Example: In this excerpt, Woolf uses a highly original analogy, or comparison, to support her idea about women. Example: However, tried as she might, Mary could never drum up enough sales to sustain her idea -- many women considered her invention to be too taboo.» sostener + Posesivo + teoría = support + Posesivo + theory .
Example: I think this idea is completely ludicrous, but the method used to support her theory is nicely done.» sostener una opinión = argue ; hold + a view ; hold + an opinion .
Example: Cutter argued that when it could be established that the second term was definitely more significant then inversion of headings was acceptable. Example: This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts. Example: The Court was split by divided opinions: five justices held the opinion that his rights were violated while four justices disagreed.» sostener un punto de vista = hold + a point of view .
Example: This example does tend to reinforce the point of view held by many writers that what we are facing is a publication explosion rather than an information explosion.sostenido = sustained ; steady ; sustainable ; unflagging.
Example: Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.Example: Susan Blanch is a fairly steady customer, taking only fiction books.Example: Development is a social, political, and economic process of change which, to be just and sustainable, must ensure the participation of all class, race and gender groups.Example: Colleagues from all the regions of the world harnessed their combined intellectual capital, tenacity, good will and unflagging spirit of volunteerism for the good of our profession = Colleagues from all the regions of the world harnessed their combined intellectual capital, tenacity, good will and unflagging spirit of volunteerism for the good of our profession.more:
» agricultura sostenida = sustainable agriculture .
Example: These methods, a throwback to the early 20th century, constitute an excellent basis for sustainable agriculture, which aims to reduce consumption of plant protection products.