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

• 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。
• 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 impoverished family subsisted oncharity.
  那个贫穷的家庭靠慈善济过日子。
• Survivors of the air crash subsisted on wild fruits.
  空难事件的幸存者以野果维持生命。
• 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。
• 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。
• Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes.
  解放前他靠吃野薯度日。
• 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。