subsist

英 [səbˈsɪst]

美 [səbˈsɪst]

v.  (尤指靠有限的食物或钱)维持生活，度日; 存在; 有效

现在分词：subsisting　第三人称单数：subsists　过去分词：subsisted　过去式：subsisted　

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BNC.20653 / COCA.17205

牛津词典

verb

• （尤指靠有限的食物或钱）维持生活，度日
  to manage to stay alive, especially with limited food or money
  1. Old people often subsist on very small incomes.
     老人往往靠十分微薄的收入艰难度日。
• 存在；有效
  to exist; to be valid
  1. The terms of the contract subsist.
     合同条款有效。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 勉强糊口;勉强度日
  If peoplesubsist, they are just able to obtain the food or money that they need in order to stay alive.
  1. The prisoners subsisted on one mug of the worst quality porridge three times a day...
     犯人们每日三餐靠一碗稀粥度日。
  2. Almost every employee must moonlight in second jobs simply to subsist.
     只是为了维持生计，几乎每个职员都要偷偷地做兼职。

英英释义

verb

• support oneself
  1. he could barely exist on such a low wage
  2. Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
  3. Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
  Synonym:existsurvivelive

双语例句

• Gannet-To subsist by the wings of his virtue and merit, having little land to rest upon.
  塘鹅－以自己美德和功绩为翅膀而继续生存的人，漂泊而没有定所。
• We provide for each kingdom that resides upon the land and within a10 mile radius, you should find everything you require to subsist.
  我们供应给居住在大地和10英里半径内的每一王国，你会找到你维生所需的每一事物。
• People in the far north subsist chiefly on fish and meat.
  住在北极地区的人主要以鱼和肉为生。
• You do sometimes wonder whether it mightn't be easier to move to a desert island and subsist on berries and fresh air.
  你有时肯定想知道是否移居到荒岛，依靠浆果和新鲜空气为生的生活会变得容易。
• Squirrels subsist on nuts during the winter.
  松鼠冬天靠坚果度日。
• Many new college students subsist in dorms, and many of these dorms are coed.
  许多新的大学生生存在宿舍，和许多这些宿舍都是男女同校。
• I will be very firm, subsist of very patient ground, see those hellion get day Qian?
  我会很坚强，很耐心地活下去，看到那些坏人受到天谴吗？
• But can finance subsist, being completely divorced from physical economy?
  但是，金融果真能够完全脱离实体经济而独立存在吗？
• The family must subsist on a single income while still paying the taxes that finance public schools.
  这个家庭必须依靠单一的收入生存，同时还要缴纳税金以资助公立学校。
• She has to get a casual work to subsist.
  她不得不找一个临时工作维持生活。