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subsisting

/suhb-sist/US // səbˈsɪst //UK // (səbˈsɪst) //

现存的,现存,现行的,现行

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to exist; continue in existence.
    • : to remain alive; live, as on food, resources, etc.
    • : to have existence in, or by reason of, something.
    • : to reside, lie, or consist.
    • : Philosophy. to have timeless or abstract existence, as a number, relation, etc.to have existence, especially independent existence.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to provide sustenance or support for; maintain.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbkeep going, living

Examples

  • That’s a tall order for anybody, particularly a celebrity who’s subsisted on a diet of praise since he was a teenager.

  • In order to play the gaunt Woodroof, McConaughey went from 182 pounds to 135, subsisting on what he calls “a controlled diet.”

  • Soon he was subsisting largely on sugared espresso, canned sardines, and peanut butter.

  • He was subsisting on frogs, edible roots, and water from the river.

  • But the novelty of Mosby's mode of warfare consisted chiefly in the manner of subsisting, quartering and protecting his men.

  • In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe, my proclamation of the 22d of April, 1793, is the index to my plan.

  • We crawled from place to place, subsisting upon leaves, and now and then begging of the natives a morsel of cocoa-nut.

  • Is it guiding, controlling, giving the rule to commerce, as a subsisting thing or is it putting an end to it altogether?

  • The men go entirely naked, subsisting themselves by hunting and fishing, and passing much of their time in idleness or war.