self-sustaining
adjective /ˌself səˈsteɪnɪŋ/
/ˌself səˈsteɪnɪŋ/
- able to continue in a healthy or successful state without help from anyone or anything else
自我维持：能够在没有任何其他人帮助的情况下以健康或成功的状态继续 - The solar panel project will help local communities become self-sustaining.
太阳能电池板项目将帮助当地社区实现自给自足。 - The goal is to establish a self-sustaining population of wild fish in the river.
目标是在这条河里建立一个自给自足的野生鱼类种群。 - a self-sustaining colony/civilization/habitat
自给自足的殖民地/文明/栖息地 - If we charged our customers less, the business would no longer be self-sustaining.
如果我们向客户收取更少的费用，企业将不再能够自我维持。
- The solar panel project will help local communities become self-sustaining.