单词	subsist
释义	subsistsub‧sist /səbˈsɪst/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsubsist Origin: 1500-1600 Latin subsistere ‘to come to a stop, remain, exist’, from sistere ‘to come to a stand’ Verb Table VERB TABLE subsist Simple Form Present I, you, we, they subsist he, she, it subsists Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they subsisted Present perfect I, you, we, they have subsisted he, she, it has subsisted Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had subsisted Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will subsist Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have subsisted Continuous Form Present I am subsisting he, she, it is subsisting you, we, they are subsisting Past I, he, she, it was subsisting you, we, they were subsisting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been subsisting he, she, it has been subsisting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been subsisting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be subsisting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been subsisting Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He subsisted on welfare, on charity and on casual labour. If I can subsist on mussels in place of meat, why not these greens in place of lettuce? Indeed, many top athletes and even body-builders subsist on a vegetarian diet. The islanders inhabit the coastal strip only, and subsist almost entirely on royalties from the mining. They subsisted, from all appearances, on roots and insects; a live gecko made a fine repast. They must subsist, he said, on one small portion of government-rationed meat per week. Thus many primitive animals retain an ancient form and subsist to the present day. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto continue to live a normal life even though you have very little money► survive · When I look at how much we spend on food, I wonder how unemployed people are able to survive.survive on £100 a week/a small income etc · It's really difficult to survive on £120 a week in London.· I don't know how they expect me to survive on my salary. ► get by to have enough money to buy the things you need to live: · We don't have a lot of money to spend on luxuries, but we get by.get by on $5 a day/a small income etc: · When I was at college I used to be able to get by on $20 a week. ► live on if someone lives on a particular amount of money, this is all the money that they have to buy everything that they need: · How much do you need to live on?· $35,000 a year sounds like a lot of money, but it's scarcely enough to live on in New York. ► make ends meet if it is difficult for you to make ends meet , it is difficult for you to pay for the things that you need in order to live: · Old people on pensions are finding it hard to make ends meet.· My mother had to work 12 hours a day in a factory just to make ends meet. ► keep your head above water to have just enough money to pay your debts or to avoid closing your business: · I'm just a pensioner, trying to keep my head above water.· Schools throughout the county are struggling to keep their heads above water. ► subsist on formal if someone subsists on a very small amount of money or a very small amount of food, this is all they have to live on: · They subsist on eggs and beans most of the time.subsist on a dollar a day/a small income etc: · The workers are expected to subsist on a dollar a day. ► eke out a living/an existence to get just enough food or money to live on by doing a particular kind of work: · She eked out a living by selling firewood.· Farmers eked out a primitive existence on the dry, stony land. 1to stay alive when you only have small amounts of food or money SYN  survivesubsist on We had to subsist on bread and water. Old people often have to subsist on very low incomes.2especially law to continue to exist SYN  survive
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