subsistence
英[səb'sɪstəns]
美[səb'sɪstəns]
- 生存， 生计； 存在
词态变化
复数: subsistences;
双语例句
- 1. The standard of living today is on the edge of subsistence.
- 现在的生活水平几乎快要无法维持生计。
- 2. Many black Namibians are subsistence farmers who live in the arid borderlands.
- 许多生活在土地贫瘠的边境地区的纳米比亚黑人农场主的收成仅够维持自身的口粮。
- 3. Many families are living below the level of subsistence.
- 许多家庭难以度日。
- 4. 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.
- 5. 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.