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subsistence

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n.生存,生活,留存

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sist,stitut,sta,st=to stand(站立)

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subsistence


/-təns; -təns/
n [U] (means of) subsisting 存活; 生存; 生计; 维生之道
*reduced to subsistence on bread and water 降到以面包和水维持生活
* [attrib 作定语] subsistence farming, ie farming that produces only enough crops for the farmer and his family to live on, leaving no surplus which could besold 自给农业(收成仅供自家食用, 无剩余出售者)
* a subsistence wage, ie one that is only just enough to enable a worker to live 勉强糊口的工资.

subsistence


n[U]
the condition of only just having enough money or food to stay alive
 Many of the families are forced to live at the subsistence level.
 The land provided subsistence and little more.
subsistence farming/agriculture etc
farming that produces just enough food for the farmer to live on, but does not produce enough food to sell to other people
subsistence allowance/payment etc
money that is paid to someone so that they can buy meals, pay for a place to stay etc
1. What is his means of subsistence?
    他靠什么为生?

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