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

• 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。
• Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes.
  解放前他靠吃野薯度日。
• It can be seen that the characteristics'civilians of the blue calico is subsisted and developed with its soul.
  可见，蓝印花布的平民化特质是其生存和发展的灵魂。
• Agglomeration size of electronic manufacture industry in Guangdong province continual increased most years, the agglomeration parameter from 1992 to 2003 was 4.98 showed that electronic manufacture industry in Guangdong province subsisted scale rewards increase in whole.
  集聚规模在大多数年份呈现持续增长，1992年至2003年的集聚参数为4.98，说明广东省电子产业整体存在规模报酬递增现象。
• 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
• After returning to england, he lived in london, where he and his wife subsisted by selling their essays.
  他回英国后就在伦敦住下，夫妻两人卖文章过日子。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• The impoverished family subsisted oncharity.
  那个贫穷的家庭靠慈善济过日子。