1.<正式>(survive)person +维持生计；糊口
Most employees have second jobs simply to subsist.为了糊口, 大多数雇员都做着兼职。
2.<正式>(persist)system, concept +继续存在；留存；继续起作用
This does not mean that the controversy in the South Atlantic does not subsist.这并不意味着南大西洋的争议已不复存在。
3.to subsist in sth<罕>(exist as part of or as a result of)存在于…之中；因…而存在
4.【哲】(exist as concept)(作为概念或关系而非事实)抽象地存在
5.【哲】(be conceivable)(逻辑上)站得住, 可被理解, 成立