subsists
v.
(靠很少的钱或食物)维持生活,生存下去( subsist的第三人称单数 );
例句:
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This plant subsists in water holes only during the rainy season.
这种植物只有雨季在水坑里出现.
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The hinge is that the enterprise subsists on suiting the development of data communication.
适应数据通信的发展是通信企业生存的关键.
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The central arch...yet subsists.
来自Shelley
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Sookie's Bill has sworn off human blood, or he's trying; he subsists on a Japanese synthetic.
来自NEWYORKER