subsisted是什么意思？

subsisted

• v. （靠很少的钱或食物）维持生活，生存下去( subsist的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• Survivors of the air crash subsisted on wild fruits. 空难事件的幸存者以野果维持生命.
• 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。
• Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes. 解放前他靠吃野薯度日.
• 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。

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。