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

• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。