- Noun
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1. minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting;
- "social security provided only a bare subsistence"
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2. a means of surviving;
- "farming is a hard means of subsistence"
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3. the state of existing in reality; having substance
体育
- 1.衣食
金融
- 1.最低限度生活水平
- 1. He is on the margin of bare subsistence.
- 他正处在挨饿的边缘。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Most of the population lives at subsistence level.
- 大多数人过着勉强糊口的生活。
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- 3. She had no means of subsistence and was dependent on charity.
- 她没什么谋生手段,只能依靠救济。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Their main mode of subsistence is hunting.
- 他们主要以打猎为生。
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- 5. Their subsistence comes from the sea.
- 他们依赖海洋生活。
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- 6. They were living barely above the level of subsistence.
- 他们的生活水平勉强在最低水平线以上。
来自《简明英汉词典》


