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单词 subsist
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sub·sist

verb
/səbˈsɪst/
/səbˈsɪst/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they subsist
/səbˈsɪst/
/səbˈsɪst/
he / she / it subsists
/səbˈsɪsts/
/səbˈsɪsts/
past simple subsisted
/səbˈsɪstɪd/
/səbˈsɪstɪd/
past participle subsisted
/səbˈsɪstɪd/
/səbˈsɪstɪd/
-ing form subsisting
/səbˈsɪstɪŋ/
/səbˈsɪstɪŋ/
  1. [intransitive] subsist (on something) to manage to stay alive, especially with limited food or money(尤指靠有限的食物或钱)维持生活,度日
    • Old people often subsist on very small incomes.老人往往靠十分微薄的收入艰难度日。
  2. [intransitive] (law) to exist; to apply and be relevant存在;有效
    • The terms of the contract subsist.合同条款有效。
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘continue to exist’): from Latin subsistere ‘stand firm’, from sub- ‘from below’ + sistere ‘set, stand’.
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