1.生存;活下去,维持生命,维持生活 (on; upon)
2.存在;继续存在;【哲】(逻辑上,理论上)存在;抽象地存在
3.〈罕〉供给...粮食,供养
1.to stay alive when you do not have much food or money
2.to exist
1.After a Canadian couple died in their rural Saskatchewan home, their seven dogs subsisted for more than a week by eating their remains.
一对加拿大夫妇死于萨斯喀彻温省近郊的家中，一周多来，他们的七条爱犬都以吞食主人的尸体生存。
2.The report said the girls had subsisted on instant noodles supplied by Zeng, but were badly malnourished.
报道说，两名女孩靠曾祥宝留下的方便面维生，严重营养不良；
3.For someone who once subsisted on cookies and soda, the road to a whole-grain, occasionally vegetarian life began with this staple.
对于那些一度靠饼干和苏打水过活的人来说，一条通往食用全谷物、偶尔吃素的生活之路就由这种主食开始。
4.She was indeed united to England , but the cement had no time to acquire consistence . The irritation of ancient wrongs still subsisted.
她确实已与英国合作，但关系尚未巩固，宿怨并未消释。
5.He smoked three packs a day, subsisted on hamburgers, and often worked around the clock.
他每天要抽掉三包烟，喜欢吃汉堡，经常夜以继日的工作。
6.It can be seen that the characteristics' civilians of the blue calico is subsisted and developed with its soul.
可见，蓝印花布的平民化特质是其生存和发展的灵魂。
7.Our hunter-gatherer forebears were tall, lean long-distance runners who subsisted on plants and protein.
我们的祖先靠打猎和采集植物果实为生，摄取其中的养份和蛋白质，因此他们身材修长，擅长长途奔跑。
8.Liberty has not subsisted outside of Christianity.
“自由在基督教之外还没有存在过”。
9.Survivors of the air crash subsisted on wild fruits.
空难事件的幸存者以野果维持生命。
10.Japanese, facing starvation, subsisted on roots and grass.
整个日本面临着饥饿，人们仅靠树根和草维持生命。