self-supporting
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌself-supˈporting adjective 1 INDEPENDENT PERSONable to earn enough money to support yourself 自食其力的，自立的 The business will soon become self-supporting. 这家公司很快就能独立经营了。2 able to stand or stay upright without support 自承的，自撑的 self-supporting fencing 自撑的篱笆
Examples from the Corpus
self-supporting• It is perhaps unfortunate, but true, that the United Kingdom is not self-supporting.• This might be taken to imply that each Board should be financially self-supporting.• Originally North Dalton was a self-supporting agricultural village with farming being the only means of employment.• The city is on a self-supporting basis without patients, just by shipping the water to Hot Springs, Ark.• Once the poles are secured the inner is a self-supporting dome.• University athletic departments have to be self-supporting for the most part.• How do we weave a self-supporting network out of random organisms?• Their mutual self-supporting pose is continuously almost-falling, like a standing wave in a spring creek.ˌself-supˈporting adjectiveChineseSyllable
support to earn Corpus to able money yourself enough
self-supporting
ˌself-supˈporting
adjective
1. able to earn enough money to support yourself:
The business will soon become self-supporting.
2. able to stand or stay upright without support:
self-supporting fencing
ˌself-supˈporting
adjective1. able to earn enough money to support yourself:
2. able to stand or stay upright without support: