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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes.
  解放前他靠吃野薯度日。
• 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。