subsisted

英 [səbˈsɪstɪd]

美 [səbˈsɪstɪd]

v.  (尤指靠有限的食物或钱)维持生活，度日; 存在; 有效
subsist的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• 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。
• Diet is the main reason-people who once subsisted on fish, coconuts and root vegetables now eat imported processed foods that are high in sugar and fat, according to experts.
  饮食是引发肥胖的主要因素：岛国居民本来以鱼、椰肉和根茎类蔬菜为主食，现在却吃高糖和高脂肪的进口加工食品。
• It will be observed that I have assumed, that the labourers are always subsisted from capital: and this is obviously thefact, though the capital needs not necessarily be furnished by aperson called a capitalist.
  人们可能注意到了，我一直假设劳动者总是靠资本而生存，实际情况显然就是这样，尽管资本并不一定非得由称为资本家的人提供。
• The impoverished family subsisted oncharity.
  那个贫穷的家庭靠慈善济过日子。
• And Franz Kafka, well, he basically subsisted on two long naps each day.
  那弗朗茨卡夫卡呢？嗯他基本每天都要睡两大觉。
• Subsisted on a diet of detective novels during his vacation.
  在他旅行时一直在靠侦探小说度日。
• Survivors of the air crash subsisted on wild fruits. THE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS AND PROBLEMS OF SIX METEORITE EVENTS SINCE CENOZOIC ERA
  新生代6次陨击事件研究及存在问题
• They subsisted on fish, game, and the products of a crude horticulture, and lived in villages, which were generally protected by a stockade.
  他们以捕鱼、打猎及原始园艺为生；住在大多用栅栏防卫起来的村落中。
• Kiwifruit is an immemorial plant whose leaf fossil was analysed to have been subsisted for more than 26 million years.
  猕猴桃是一种古老的植物，猕猴桃距今已有2600多万年的历史。
• Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes.
  解放前他靠吃野薯度日。