"subsist on" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 依靠…生存
• 僅靠…維持生活

Definition

僅靠非常有限的資源（通常是食物或金錢）來生存。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

正式且較有文學色彩。用於描述資源極度匱乏的生存情況，後面常跟名詞：'subsist on rice'。不適用於富足的場合。

Examples

Many poor families subsist on rice and beans.

許多貧困家庭**依靠**米飯和豆子**生存**。

During the war, people had to subsist on very little food.

戰爭期間，人們不得不**僅靠**很少的食物**維生**。

Some animals subsist on only plants.

有些動物**只靠**植物**維生**。

He had to subsist on instant noodles for a whole month.

他不得不**靠**泡麵**過了一整個月**。

I can’t believe they managed to subsist on just five dollars a week.

我真的無法相信他們每週**僅靠**五美元**過活**。

Back then, artists often subsisted on the support of wealthy patrons.

那時藝術家經常**靠**富有贊助者的資助**維生**。