| 单词 | subsist |
| 释义 | subsist (once / 501 pages) v When you subsist, you keep yourself alive. Since most airlines have stopped serving food, many travelers are forced to subsist on little packets of pretzels, even on long flights. To subsist is to feed yourself, or keep yourself going, especially when you just barely manage to do so. A hunger striker might subsist on only water for weeks, and people in developing countries often have to subsist on small rations of rice or grain. Subsist comes from the Latin word subsistere, "to stand firm," but sometimes subsisting makes people feel like they are barely standing, rather than firmly standing. WORD FAMILYsubsist: subsisted, subsistence, subsister, subsisting, subsists+/subsistence: subsistences USAGE EXAMPLESIn December, it pays even less because there are so many who are trying to subsist in it. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) The package amounted to about four times what the average family in Mokong subsists on annually. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) The population consisted mostly of Bedouin tribes, who subsisted on pearl diving, pirating, and occasional smuggling. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) v support oneself Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day Syn|Hypo exist, live, survive endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive continue to live through hardship or adversity breathe be alive drift, freewheellive unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely |
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