Wordiyosubsist
🇬🇧 UK/səb'sɪst/🇺🇸 US/sәb'sist/
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To survive or maintain life on minimal resources; to continue to exist.
勉强维持生活；存在
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.subsist on靠……维生
- 2.subsist by以……为生
- 3.[barely subsist]勉强维持生计
- 4.[subsist independently]独立维持生活
Example Sentences
- 1.
The refugees subsisted on little more than bread and water for weeks.
- 2.
Many elderly people in rural areas subsist on small government pensions.
- 3.
Ancient beliefs about nature still subsist in some remote communities.