流逝汉英词典

subsist on

S 开头单词

基本解释

  • 靠…生存

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • And how do the poor subsist on such a meagre amount?
    穷人又是怎样靠这般小数目维持生活的？
  • He could subsist on bark and grass roots in the isolated island.
    在荒岛上他只能靠树皮和草根维持生命。
  • The celebrations and the food of old will come and go, but nobody will be asked to subsist on seal or whale.
    庆典和传统食物依然会这样流传下去，但是没有人要求大家要靠海豹或鲸鱼活下去。

    • 权威例句

  • In drought years, many of their cows die and they subsist on food aid.
    ECONOMIST: Why the Masai send their slower children to school
  • The family must subsist on a single income while still paying the taxes that finance public schools.
    ECONOMIST: The growth of home-schooling
  • Lacking regular supply lines, the rebels subsist on goats, onions and the occasional bit of salt donated by friendly peasants.
    ECONOMIST: Sudan