1540s, "to exist;" c. 1600, "retain the existing state," from Middle French subsister and directly from Latin subsistere "to stand still or firm, take a stand, take position; abide, hold out," from sub "under, up to" (see sub-) + sistere "to assume a standing position, stand still, remain; set, place, cause to stand still" (see assist (v.)). Meaning "to support oneself" (in a certain way) is from 1640s. Related: Subsisted; subsisting.
subsist 英文释义
1. support oneself;
"he could barely exist on such a low wage"
"Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"
"Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
subsist 双语例句
1. Old people often subsist on very small incomes.
老人往往靠十分微薄的收入艰难度日。
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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。
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3. The living things on the earth could not subsist on Mars.
地球上的生物不可能在火星上生存.
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4. We are unable to subsist without air and water.
没有空气和水我们就活不下去.
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5. A club cannot subsist without members.
俱乐部没有会员就无法存在.
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subsist 实用场景例句
Old people often subsist on very small incomes.
老人往往靠十分微薄的收入艰难度日。
牛津词典
The terms of the contract subsist.
合同条款有效。
牛津词典
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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
A club cannot subsist without members.
俱乐部没有会员就无法存在.
辞典例句
Spleen can subsist on any kind of food.
怒气可以依靠任何食物存活下去.
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I was very sorry to tell him that the little I had would not subsist.
我很抱歉地告诉他我所有的一点款子不够维持我们的生活.
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Gannet - To subsist by the wings of his virtue and merit, having little land to rest upon.
塘鹅 - 以自己美德和功绩为翅膀而继续生存的人, 漂泊而没有定所.
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Old systems still subsist in the country.
国内仍存在着古老的习俗.
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They figured that the demons would not be able to subsist by themselves.
清军则带着大部分达斡尔人一起南撤.
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How do they manage to subsist?
他们怎样糊口?
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Many people in the world have to subsist on $ 1 a day.
世界上的许多人每天收入仅仅1美元.
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The Masai subsist on cattle blood and meat and milk and little else.
马赛族人依靠牛血、肉、奶和很少的其他食物为生.
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Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not subsist without this source of revenue.
没有这部分财源,新闻报纸 、 商业电台以及电视公司就无法生存.
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Don't worry about your children whom I can subsist.
别担心你的孩子们,我可以供养他们.
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Everything on earth wants to subsist, and should respect each other.
万物都想生存 、 应当相互尊重.
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The living things on the earth could not subsist on Mars.
地球上的生物不可能在火星上生存.
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We are unable to subsist without air and water.
没有空气和水我们就活不下去.
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He could subsist on bark and grass roots in the isolated island.
在荒岛上他只能靠树皮和草根维持生命.
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But can a certain order subsist in thee, and disorder in the All?
但怎么可能在大全中无秩序, 而在你之中却存在某种秩序 呢 ?
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She has to get a casual work to subsist.
她不得不找一个临时工作维持生活.
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Patient of a leukaemia, how does ability have the courage of subsist.
一个白血病患者, 怎么才能有活下去的勇气.
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Photonic biology requires not sugar to subsist but instead relies upon light and love.
光子生物体,并不需要血糖来维生,而相反是依赖光与爱来维生.
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Polar bears usually subsist on seals, which they hunt from a platform of sea ice.
北极熊通常在浮冰上抓捕海豹作为食物.
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The anguish of life can mask calm subsist really with adamancy?
人生的痛苦真的可以用坚强去掩盖镇定的活下去 吗 ?
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How can you subsist on such a small income?
这么点收入你可怎么生活呀?
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Squirrels subsist on nuts during the winter.
松鼠冬天靠坚果度日.
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People in the far north subsist chiefly on fish and meat.
