subsist

C2 大学

vt. 供给食物, 供养 vi. 生存, 存在

发音

其它 /səbˈsɪst/

词形变化

subsisted subsisting subsists 三单 subsists subsisting 现在分词 subsisted 过去式 subsisted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

存在;维持生活

动词

供养

释义与例句

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To survive on a minimum of resources.

  2. 2.

    To have ontological reality; to exist.

    哲学
  3. 3.

    To retain a certain state; to continue.

  4. 4.

    To supply sustenance or subsistence to or for.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

词源

From Latin subsistō (“halt, stop”), from sub (“below”) + sistō (“stand, place”). Compare consist, desist, exist, insist, persist.

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