VERB
勉强糊口;勉强度日
If people subsist, they are just able to obtain the food or money that they need in order to stay alive.
例句
The prisoners subsisted on one mug of the worst quality porridge three times a day...
犯人们每日三餐靠一碗稀粥度日。
Almost every employee must moonlight in second jobs simply to subsist.
只是为了维持生计，几乎每个职员都要偷偷地做兼职。