- the state of having just enough money or food to stay alive勉强维持生活
- Many families are living below the level of subsistence.许多家庭难以度日。🔊🔊
- to live below (the) subsistence level生活在基本生活水平线以下
- They had no visible means of subsistence.他们生计无着。🔊🔊
- subsistence agriculture/farming (= growing enough only to live on, not to sell)收成仅够自身口粮的自给农业
- subsistence crops生存作物
- Our ancestors lived in basic subsistence economies where cash never changed hands.我们的祖先生活在基本生存的经济体系中，那里的现金从未转手。
- He worked a 16-hour day for a subsistence wage (= enough money to buy only basic items).他一天工作 16 个小时，工资仅够勉强维持生计。🔊🔊
Topics Social issuesc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivesubsistence + noun- agriculture
- farming
- farmer
- …
phrases- a level of subsistence
- means of subsistence
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