subsist on

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

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