subsist

英[səbˈsɪst]美[səbˈsɪst]

vi.（靠很少的钱或食物）维持生活，生存下去；

第三人称单数：subsists;

过去式：subsisted;

过去分词：subsisted;

现在分词：subsisting;

例句

subsist on wages靠工资过活

I was very sorry to tell him that the little I had would not subsist.我很抱歉地告诉他我所有的一点款子不够维持我们的生活.

The living things on the earth could not subsist on Mars.地球上的生物不可能在火星上生存.

Old people often subsist on very small incomes.老人往往靠十分微薄的收入艰难度日。

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。

同义词

vi.

subsist的同义词之：存在

subsist的同义词之：其他释义

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

勉强糊口;勉强度日

If people subsist, they are just able to obtain the food or money that they need in order to stay alive.

例句

英汉词典释义

vi.

(靠很少的钱或食物)维持生活,生存下去

英英词典释义

Verb

1. support oneself;