| 词汇 | subsisting |
| 释义 | subsisting present participle ofsubsist subsist verb[ I ] formaluk /səbˈsɪst/ us /səbˈsɪst/ to get enough food or money to stay alive, but no more: 维持生计；勉强生存 The prisoners were subsisting on a diet of bread and water.犯人们靠面包和水勉强度日。 Synonyms exist survive Coping and not coping balancing act be left holding the babyidiom bear up bite bite off more than you can chewidiom cut heat hold juggle juggling keep body and soul togetheridiom keep your head above wateridiom keep/hold your end upidiom manage roll scrape through (something) sink or swimidiom stretch to something stride subsist You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Life and living Examples of subsistingsubsisting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Subsisting on incomes around $100 or $200 per person per year, the poorer half of humankind is highly exposed to lifethreatening deprivations. For all intents and purposes, what constituted the subsistence economy operated as a closed economy, communities subsisting on what they had to hand. The high frequency of caries likely suggests that these individuals were subsisting on a mixed diet. They are now so poor that they are starving, frequently subsisting on soup made of fatback boiled in water. They were village farmers, living in palisaded towns and subsisting largely on the corn, squash, and beans raised by the women in communal gardens. As enterprising capitalistic farmers increased their holdings, the numbers of families subsisting on smallholdings, later on gardens and common rights, and finally on wage labour and poor relief, steadily increased. Whatever its historical origin, a system of authority can become an "institution subsisting by itself and not by force" only when it is transformed into an embodiment of social unity. The camaraderie subsisting among public school alumni, which was notoriously crucial to the career trajectory of middle-class men, rested on an acknowledgement of their common juvenile experience. Their key personnel are scattered throughout the world, subsisting in impoverished exiled communities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means, in the cage of a tenancy subsisting at commencement date, a date six months after commencement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will sustain only an elderly population subsisting on public doles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, the marriage must be subsisting, and we are told that there will be a 12-month rule. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a case where there was not a marriage subsisting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One may lodge a search against a name and a piece of land, and get back the answer that there are no subsisting entries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clause 27 makes it possible for that processing to be carried out without the otherwise subsisting controls putting national security at risk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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