"subsist on" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 依靠...生存
• 仅靠...维持生活

Definition

仅靠非常少或有限的资源（通常是食物或金钱）生存下去。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

正式且带文学色彩。常用于描述生活困苦，只靠极少资源维持生活的情况。常接名词： 'subsist on rice'。不用于优渥或富足场景。

Examples

Many poor families subsist on rice and beans.

许多贫困家庭**依靠**米饭和豆子**生存**。

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

战争期间，人们不得不**仅靠**很少的食物**维持生活**。

Some animals subsist on only plants.

有些动物**只靠**植物**生存**。

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

他不得不**靠**方便面**撑过**整整一个月。

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

我简直不敢相信他们一周**仅靠**五美元**生存下来**。

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

那时艺术家常常**靠**富有资助者的支持**维生**。