subsist on
基本解释
- 靠…生存
英汉例句
- And how do the poor subsist on such a meagre amount?
窮人又是怎樣靠這般小數目維持生活的? - He could subsist on bark and grass roots in the isolated island.
在荒島上他衹能靠樹皮和草根維持生命。 - The celebrations and the food of old will come and go, but nobody will be asked to subsist on seal or whale.
慶典和傳統食物依然會這樣流傳下去,但是沒有人要求大家要靠海豹或鯨魚活下去。 - 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