self-sustaining

Definitions

self- (itself) + sustaining = sustaining itself. A transparent compound: a system that keeps going without external input.

Common Collocations

• 1.self-sustaining ecosystem自我维持的生态系统
• 2.self-sustaining economy自立的经济体
• 3.self-sustaining community自给自足的社区

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The colony was designed to be entirely self-sustaining.