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

• 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
• In the cold months, when the reptiles hid, she subsisted on an Aboriginal standby, witchetty grubs& white, caterpillar-size moth larvae that live in the roots of Mulga trees.
  在寒冷的几个月里，由于爬行动物都躲了起来，她只能靠澳洲土著的应急食品–在澳大利亚围篱树根部生活的木蠹蛾幼虫维生。
• The report said the girls had subsisted on instant noodles supplied by Zeng, but were badly malnourished.
  报道说，两名女孩靠曾祥宝留下的方便面维生，严重营养不良；
• Survivors of the air crash subsisted on wild fruits.
  空难事件的幸存者以野果维持生命。
• 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。
• Instead, they stuck it out and subsisted on mango juice.
  最终，她们决定还是呆在车上，靠芒果汁补充体力。
• The friendship which has subsisted between us now half a century, the harmony of our political principles and pursuits have been sources of constant happiness to me through that long period.
  你我之间的友谊迄今已经走过了半个世纪，我们在政治原则与追求上取得的协调在过去的漫漫岁月中为我带来了源源不断的快乐。
• The impoverished family subsisted oncharity.
  那个贫穷的家庭靠慈善济过日子。
• 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。
• 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。