subsisting
present participle ofsubsist
| 单词 | subsisting |
| 释义 | subsisting present participle ofsubsist subsist verb[I] formaluk/səbˈsɪst/us/səbˈsɪst/to get enoughfoodormoneytostayalive, but no more: Theprisonerswere subsistingonadietofbreadandwater. Synonyms exist survive Coping and not coping
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Life and living Examplesofsubsistingsubsisting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Subsistingon incomes around $100 or $200 per person per year, the poorer half of humankind is highly exposed to lifethreatening deprivations. From theCambridge English Corpus For all intents and purposes, what constituted the subsistence economy operated as a closed economy, communitiessubsistingon what they had to hand. From theCambridge English Corpus The high frequency of caries likely suggests that these individuals weresubsistingon a mixed diet. From theCambridge English Corpus They are now so poor that they are starving, frequentlysubsistingon soup made of fatback boiled in water. From theCambridge English Corpus They were village farmers, living in palisaded towns andsubsistinglargely on the corn, squash, and beans raised by the women in communal gardens. From theCambridge English Corpus As enterprising capitalistic farmers increased their holdings, the numbers of familiessubsistingon smallholdings, later on gardens and common rights, and finally on wage labour and poor relief, steadily increased. From theCambridge English Corpus Whatever its historical origin, a system of authority can become an "institutionsubsistingby itself and not by force" only when it is transformed into an embodiment of social unity. From theCambridge English Corpus The camaraderiesubsistingamong public school alumni, which was notoriously crucial to the career trajectory of middle-class men, rested on an acknowledgement of their common juvenile experience. From theCambridge English Corpus Their key personnel are scattered throughout the world,subsistingin impoverished exiled communities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That means, in the cage of a tenancysubsistingat commencement date, a date six months after commencement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They will sustain only an elderly populationsubsistingon public doles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, the marriage must besubsisting, and we are told that there will be a 12-month rule. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a case where there was not a marriagesubsisting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One may lodge a search against a name and a piece of land, and get back the answer that there are nosubsistingentries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Clause 27 makes it possible for that processing to be carried out without the otherwisesubsistingcontrols putting national security at risk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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