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subsist [səbˈsıst] VB intr

subsist

生存 shēngcún

subsist

勉强度日 miǎnqiǎng dùrì

subsist on a pension

靠养老金过活

Usage examples with subsist

subsist on a pension

靠养老金过活

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English

A well-known example of a specialist animal is the koala, which subsists almost entirely on eucalyptus leaves. en.wikipedia.org

He subsists on radioactive decay, and hence does not require food, water, or oxygen. en.wikipedia.org

Generally, they settled in rural areas where they subsisted typically as peddlers and hawkers. en.wikipedia.org

The original inhabitants subsisted by hunting, fishing, farming, and gathering. en.wikipedia.org

Juveniles, however, which lacked the bulk of the adults and required larger amounts of proteins for growth, probably subsisted on other plants. en.wikipedia.org

For these relations are the necessary conditions of existence of the animal; if things were not so, it would not be able to subsist. en.wikipedia.org

When no kangaroos and game are to be found the party would subsist on the flesh of their own flocks. en.wikipedia.org

Juveniles primarily subsist on benthic invertebrates such as polychaetes, copepods, amphipods, isopods, crangon shrimp, and euphausiids. en.wikipedia.org

The diet studied was to determine if a spacecrew could subsist on a high protein diet with vegetation and mealworms. en.wikipedia.org

While this species mainly subsists on fish, it is opportunistic and may take a wider variety of prey such as waterbirds. en.wikipedia.org

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