self-sustaining

释义

self-（自身）+ sustaining = 维持自身。透明复合词：无需外部输入就能持续运转的系统。

常用搭配

• 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

例句

• 1.

  The colony was designed to be entirely self-sustaining.

  这个聚居地被设计成完全自给自足。