subsist，英语单词，主要用作不及物动词、及物动词，作不及物动词时译为“存在；维持生活”，作及物动词时译为“供养”。
单词用法
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
subsist /səbˈsɪst/ ( subsisting, subsisted, subsists )
1.V-I If people subsist, they are just able to obtain the food or money that they need in order to stay alive. 生存 [正式]
短语搭配
subsist by 赖
subsist in 在于
to subsist 生存
live subsist 生活
subsist on 依靠 ; 考试大 ; 依靠来源考试大 ; 以…为食
subsist t 维持生活 ; 活下去
Ground Subsist 地活下去
Enjoy Subsist 享受和求生存
open country subsist 野外生存