not only the means of sustenance,
这不仅是谋生的手段，
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 46 Hobbies

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

sustenance ['sʌstənəns] 词根: sus
n. 食物，营养，养料;
💡 sus在…下面+ten支撑+ance名词后缀→支撑下去的东西→生活资料，粮食
"There's not much sustenance in a bowl of soup."
一碗汤没多少营养。
近义：livelihood, living, subsistence, support, survival, sustentation
means [minz] 词频2 词根: 心智
n. 方法（ mean的名词复数）;手段;收入;财富; v. 意味着（ mean的第三人称单数）;引起;打算或注定要某人成为或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
调查之事远未盖棺定论。
近义：approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

All that is in my mind when I meet a young person.
每逢我遇到年轻人，脑子里就想到，
torn by the noise of the taxicabs, lorries and buses, and thronged ceaselessly by great crowds.
街道上充斥着汽油味和有毒气体，出租汽车、卡车、公共汽车的噪音刺耳难忍，络绎不绝的人群挤来挤去。
No two sorts of birds practise quite the same sort of flight;
没有任何两种鸟的飞行方式是相同的。
but the steepening angle or me decks increased.
但甲板的倾斜度仍在增加。
but our spiritual outlook would be different.
但人们的精神面貌将是另一个样子。
and in most cases the captive gradually quietens down and begins to accept its food.
在大多数情况下，刚捕来的象会慢慢静下来，接着开始吃食。