subsist

英 [səb'sɪst] 美 [səb'sɪst]

• v. 供给食物；维持生活；生存；供养

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He subsisted mainly on vegetables and fruit.
   他主要靠蔬菜和水果维持生命。
2. Don't worry about your children whom I can subsist.
   别担心你的孩子们，我可以供养他们。
3. How do they manage to subsist on such a low wage?
   他们这点工资怎么糊口？
4. She has to get a casual work to subsist.
   她不得不找一个临时工作维持生活。
5. The living thing on the earth can not subsist on mars.
   地球上的生物不可能在火星上生存。
6. Everything on earth wants to subsist, and should respect each other.
   万物都想生存、应当相互尊重。
7. Scientists find that the living creatures on the earth can't subsist one the moon.
   科学家们发现地球上的生物在月亮上无法生存。

经典引文

• The central arch..yet subsists.

  出自： Shelley

• He found that tradition subsisting among them.

  出自： Gladstone

词汇搭配

• subsist on 依靠 ... 生活...

近反义词

【近义词】

• exist 存在
• survive 幸免于难
• live 活着
• make ends meet 量入为出
• keep going 继续
• keep your head above water 勉强维持生活(不欠债)...
• eke out a living 勉强维持生活...