subsist [səbˈsɪst]

例句:

• Old people often subsist on very small incomes.
  老人往往靠十分微薄的收入艰难度日。
  
• Almost every employee must moonlight in second jobs simply to subsist.
  只是为了维持生计，几乎每个职员都要偷偷地做兼职。
  
• The living things on the earth could not subsist on Mars.
  地球上的生物不可能在火星上生存.
  
• The villagers would subsist; the weaker ones would die.
  来自NEWYORKER
• Indian families to subsist for one month There are many more things.
  来自SA
• In this model of the world the Haitian economy is a mess because people have found a way to subsist with minimal effort.
  来自SA