subsistence

Definitions

Noun of subsist: sub- (from below, from beneath) + sist (stand) = 'to stand up from underneath,' to keep yourself just barely standing. Subsistence is the bare minimum that keeps you alive — subsistence farming feeds only the farmer's own family, with nothing left over.

Common Collocations

• 1.subsistence farming自给农业
• 2.subsistence level最低生存水平
• 3.bare subsistence勉强维生
• 4.subsistence wage仅够糊口的工资

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Millions of families depend on subsistence farming.

• 2.

  They lived at the level of bare subsistence.