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sub·sist
sb sIst
第三人称单数:subsists
现在分词:subsisting
过去式:subsisted
过去分词:subsisted
词根:subsist
n.subsistence 生活;生存;存在
verb
intransitive verb
to have existence : be
persist, continue
to have or acquire the necessities of life (such as food and clothing)especially: to nourish oneself
subsisting on roots, berries and grubs
to hold true
to be logically conceivable as the subject of true statements
transitive verb
to support with provisions
subsist on靠…生存
1540年代,“存在”; 约1600年,“保持现状”,源自法语 subsister,直接源自拉丁语 subsistere “静止或坚定地站立,采取立场,保持,坚持”,由 sub “在...下面,达到...的程度”(见 sub-)和 sistere “采取站立姿势,静止,保持; 放置,使静止”(源自 PIE *si-st-,重复形式的根 *sta- “站立,使或保持坚定”)组成。意思是“以某种方式支持自己”来自1640年代。相关: Subsisted; subsisting。
Late Latin subsistere to exist, from Latin, to come to a halt, remain, from sub- + sistere to come to a stand; akin to Latin stare to stand — more at stand
The first known use of subsist was in 1549
substancenoun
essential nature : essence
divine substance
the fundamental or essential part, quality, or meaning
the substance of the speech
physical material from which something is made
material of particular or definite chemical constitution
an oily substance
something (as drugs or alcoholic beverages) considered harmful and usually subject to legal restriction
substance abuse
material possessions : property
a person of substance
subspeciesnoun
a category in biological classification that ranks just below a species and includes a physically recognizable and geographically separate group of individuals whose members can breed successfully with members of other subspecies of the same species where their ranges overlap
subspeciesnoun
a category in biological classification that ranks just below a species and includes a physically recognizable and geographically separate group of individuals whose members can breed successfully with members of other subspecies of the same species where their ranges overlap
subsonicadjective
of, relating to, or being a speed less than that of sound in air
moving, capable of moving, or using air currents moving at a subsonic speed
subsoilnoun
a layer of weathered material that lies just under the surface soil
subsoilnoun
a layer of weathered material that lies just under the surface soil
subsistencenoun
real being : existence
the condition of remaining in existence : continuation, persistence
means of subsisting
the minimum (as of food and shelter) necessary to support life
subsistencenoun
real being : existence
the condition of remaining in existence : continuation, persistence
means of subsisting
the minimum (as of food and shelter) necessary to support life
subsistverb
to have or continue to have existence : be, persist
to have or get the necessities of life (as food and clothing)especially: to nourish oneself
subsisting on roots and berries
1 “We devote all possible resources to the animals since they are born until they die so they subsist and have a good life,” Romero said.
2 Colleges exist to groom women to conform as best they can to institutions rigged against them, to subsist on fantasies of exceptionalism, she said.
3 How do they manage to subsist?
他们怎样糊口?
4 Here in the city, tuition, books, lectures, and rent had him subsisting on crusts for days on end.
5 Or is the toaster satirical, reflecting a nutritionally empty culture in which we subsist on a diet of ourselves?
6 Despite subsisting on a salary that barely keeps them in green juice, the trio’s clothing outlay could match the annual turnover of Bloomingdale’s.
7 Mr. Haggerty became a hippie — living in communes, subsisting on food stamps, taking odd jobs like nude modeling.
8 She has been eating lupini beans every day, and thinks she could subsist on just those for another month.
9 If you go back to the beginning of human presence in the area, the Miwok subsisted on native elk, the hunting of which continued with the American pioneer.
10 She has been subsisting on a diet of “Slurry,” a “fully dystopian” nutritive gel.
11 The first episode includes TMB punching a shark in the face, trying to subsist of nightclub sliced lemons, and a bizarre plot twist involving Wakely and a champagne bottle.
12 An expert patternmaker, Mr. Lars subsisted on freelance gigs until he was ready to go into business.
13 During my period of incarceration, I subsisted on a diet consisting mostly of unsanitary and poorly cooked trays of starches like grits and rice, dehydrated collard greens and canned meat.
14 Some subsist on the thin gruel of political cartoon shows and online impeachment petitions.
15 The film shows the three trying to subsist as a family in France, where they find themselves living on a tough gang-run housing estate.
16 When he first sent for his young wife and child in Guatemala, he did so with money he saved subsisting on one egg and a slice of bread a day.
17 Life is discovered on Mars in the shape of fish-lizard creatures called therapsids, although it is not plain how these beasts are able to subsist without any larger ecosystem.
18 He found that tradition subsisting among them.
19 It’s easy to mock the idea of Ford luxuriating in three baths a day, but he wakes at 4.30am, barely sleeps and can subsist for days on just iced coffee and Oreo Thins.
20 But growing up as the son of immigrants from Venezuela and Trinidad, he watched as his parents subsisted on their raw artistic skills to create a life in Los Angeles.
3 靠…活下去
8 继续
running continuous unceasing on away succession continuation after keep last run hold pursue proceed bide make continue maintain sustain hang in there
9 养活
13 由于
inasmuch insomuch for that now because to with from because of in that due to by virtue of in view of owing to What with by reason of in consideration of on foot of forasmuch as
14 有效
good great effective helpful valid deadly telling efficacious effectual trenchant productively fruitfully efficaciously validity subsistence helpfulness run hold live active unexpired effectively gel jell to best advantage to good advantage in order in effect do the job in operation to advantage
15 补助
17 生存
life living being existence subsistence live exist in being be survival breathe subsistent consist respire
18 维持生计
19 勉强维持生活
21 存在
present existential subsistent -ure presence being entity existence ens esse occur exist lie consist lodge reside dwell assert call into being you get in existence personality be inhere going existent around residence range indwell in being there occurrence find obtain bubble pertain limit to prevailing run form prevail existing subsistence
22 维持生活
23 存续
24 为…提供食物