self-sustaining
adjective (also selfsustaining) uk/ˌself.səˈsteɪ.nɪŋ/ us/ˌself.səˈsteɪ.nɪŋ/
可自我维持的
able to continue to exist without help from anyone or anything else
The wildflower garden flourished as a self-sustaining ecosystem.
The football club does not have enough income to be self-sustaining. 这家足球俱乐部没有足够收入来实现自我维持。
They were trying to support a selfsustaining country that could govern itself.
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- Gradually they developed a self-sustaining economy.
- Any business that is self-sustaining is commercial and thus makes a profit.
- It is hoped that the breeding of these owls will establish a self-sustaining population in the wild.