Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #20653
subsisted
生存；维持生活
subsisted is the past of subsist.
核心释义
to support oneself; to stay alive, especially with limited resources
- 1.
靠最低限度的资源生存
To survive on a minimum of resources.
- 2.
具有本体论现实；存在。
To have ontological reality; to exist.
- 3.
保持某种状态；继续存在
To retain a certain state; to continue.
靠最低限度的资源生存；具有本体论现实；存在。；保持某种状态；继续存在；供给食物；供养
用法In use
Many families in the village subsist on farming and fishing.
用法提示：subsist on 表示靠……维持生存，这里用一般现在时描述现状。
During the war, people had to subsist on very little food.
用法提示：had to subsist on 表示不得不依靠……活下来，to 后接原形。
The plants can subsist in dry soil for months.
用法提示：subsist in 表示在某种环境中生存，情态动词后接原形。
subsist on sth
通常指依靠少量或不足的食物、金钱维持生存。
Many families subsist on less than $200 a month.
许多家庭每月依靠不到200美元维持生活。
subsist in sth
多用于抽象事物，表示存在于某种状态或条件中。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- subsist on
- 靠……维持生存
- The refugees subsist on rice and beans.难民靠米饭和豆子维持生存。
- subsist by
- 靠（某种方式）谋生
- Many families subsist by farming small plots of land.许多家庭靠耕种小块土地为生。
- barely subsist
- 勉强维持生活
- They barely subsisted during the harsh winter.他们在严冬中勉强维持生活。
- cannot subsist without
- 没有……就无法生存
- No one can subsist without food and water.没有食物和水，任何人都无法生存。
- still subsist
- 仍然存在；继续存在
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 sub（少）+sist（站住）：资源很少也能站住，即勉强维持生存。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、academic contexts、literary texts subsist 比较正式，多用于书面语或正式场合，在学术或文学语境中比较常见；日常口语中通常多用 survive 或 live。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end with the same stressed rhyme /-ˈsɪst/ and share the spelling chunk -sist: assist, consist, desist, insist, persist, resist. They rhyme with subsist. Watch out for lookalikes with different pronunciation, such as subsistence (/səbˈsɪstəns/) or consistent (/kənˈsɪstənt/), whose endings do not match the target rhyme.
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