Subsist



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GRE 红宝书

• v.生存下去
• ［英］ v.生存下去 ( exist; maintain life at a meager level)
• ［记］ sub ( 下面) +sist -> 站下去 -> 活下去 -> 生存
• ［同］ 派生词: subsistence ( n.生存, 生计existence; livelihood)

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Late Latin subsistere to exist, from Latin, to come to a halt, remain, from sub- + sistere to come to a stand; akin to Latin stare to stand — more at stand
• Date: 1549
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to have existence ; be
    • b. persist, continue
  • 2. to have or acquire the necessities of life (as food and clothing); especially to nourish oneself <subsisting on roots, berries and grubs>
  • 3.
    • a. to hold true
    • b. to be logically conceivable as the subject of true statements
• transitive verb
  • to support with provisions

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