Without sustained external pressure, it seems certain Mr. Cameron would still be hooked on the interests of big tobacco companies.(如果沒有持續的外部壓力，似乎可以肯定的是，卡梅倫先生仍然會被大煙草公司的利益所迷住。)

Four police officers sustained serious injuries in the explosion.(四名警官在爆炸中受了重傷。)

He has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age.(他從青年時代到晚年一直保持著強烈的社會良知。)

He sustained serious neck injuries after he broke someone's fall.(他被墜落的人砸中之后受了嚴重頸傷。)

"I very much regret the injuries he sustained," he said.(他說：“我對他所遭受的傷害感到非常遺憾。”)

Even a fifteen-minute burst of light in otherwise sustained darkness can reset an animal's circadian rhythm.(在持續的黑暗中，即使是15分鐘突然出現的光線也能重新設定動物的晝夜節律。)

He appeared embarrassed and ill at ease with the sustained applause that greeted him.(他對持久的掌聲顯得尷尬、不自在。)

We don't have the confidence that the U.N. will carry through a sustained programme.(我們沒有信心的是，聯合國能否將該項目長期堅持下去。)

Although all the signs are that Boravia's economy is now entering a period of sustained strength, the managers of the business do not expect a substantial increase in sales.(盡管所有的跡象都表明博拉維亞的經濟正在進入一個持續強勁的時期，但是公司的經理們并不期望銷售會有實質性的增長。)

Now the cheers and applause mingled in a single sustained roar.(這時歡呼聲和掌聲匯聚成了一陣經久不息的轟響。)