vi.

1. 活下去，维持生活[（+on）]
   Survivors of the air crash subsisted on wild fruits.

   空难事件的幸存者以野果维持生命。

2. 存在；继续存在
   The living things on the earth could not subsist on Mars.

   地球上的生物不可能在火星上生存。

3. 【哲】（逻辑上）成立
4. 在（于），固有（在）[（+in）]

vt.

1. 供给……粮食；供养

v.

1. maintain or support oneself, especially at a minimal level.
   ▸archaic provide sustenance for.
2. chiefly Law  remain in being, force, or effect.
   ▸ (subsist in) be attributable to.