"subsist on" 怎么发音
expression
sub-SIST awn
sub-SIST on
释义
To manage to stay alive using only a very small or limited resource, usually food or money.
IPA 音标
美式英语
səbˈsɪst/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn
英式英语
sʌbsˈɪst/ /ˈɒn
简化发音
美式
sub-SIST awn
英式
sub-SIST on
语境中听
Many poor families subsist on rice and beans.
During the war, people had to subsist on very little food.
Some animals subsist on only plants.
He had to subsist on instant noodles for a whole month.