English Dictionary

subsist

IPA（発音記号）

/səbˈsɪst/

動詞

To survive on a minimum of resources. / (chiefly philosophy) To have ontological reality; to exist. / To retain a certain state; to continue.

日本語の意味

最低限の資源で生存する / 実体を有する、存在する（主に哲学的文脈で） / ある状態が持続する、続く

After the harvest failed, the small mountain community had to subsist on donated grain until spring.

収穫が失敗した後、その小さな山間の共同体は春まで寄付された穀物に頼り、かろうじて生き延びなければならなかった。

意味（1）

To survive on a minimum of resources.

It cannot be denied it is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.

意味（2）

(chiefly philosophy) To have ontological reality; to exist.

Remember Man! "the Univerſal Cauſe / Acts not by partial, but by gen’ral Laws ; / And makes what Happineſs we juſtly call / Subſiſt not in the Good of one, but all.

意味（3）

To retain a certain state; to continue.

Firm we ſubſiſt, yet poſſible to ſwerve / Since Reaſon not impoſſibly may meet / Some ſpecious object by the Foe ſubornd, / And fall into deception unaware, / Not keeping ſtricteſt watch, as ſhe was warnd.

subsists （ present singular third-person ）

subsisting （ participle present ）

subsisted （ participle past ）

subsisted （ past ）