[səb'sist]
subsist
v. 供给食物,活下去,生存

词形变化:

名词:subsister 动词过去式:subsisted 过去分词:subsisted 现在分词:subsisting 第三人称单数:subsists

例句与用法:

  1. The living thing on the earth can not subsist on mars.
    地球上的生物不可能在火星上生存。
  2. How do they manage to subsist on such a low wage?
    他们这点工资怎么糊口?
  3. He subsisted mainly on vegetables and fruit.
    他主要靠蔬菜和水果维持生命。

英英解释:

动词 subsist:

  1. support oneself
  2. 同义词:exist, survive, live