subsist是什么意思？

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
  live, exist, survive,
• subsist的同义词之：其他释义
  exist, live, survive,

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
  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。 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。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  (靠很少的钱或食物)维持生活,生存下去
  subsist on wages 靠工资过活

英英词典释义

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