subsistence
🇬🇧 UK/səb'sɪst(ə)ns/🇺🇸 US/sәb'sistәns/
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Definitions
n.
The means of maintaining life at a basic level; bare survival.
维持生计;生存;基本生活
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.subsistence farming自给农业
- 2.subsistence level最低生存水平
- 3.subsistence allowance基本生活津贴
- 4.bare subsistence勉强维生
Example Sentences
- 1.
Millions of people in developing countries live at a bare subsistence level.
- 2.
Subsistence farming remains the primary way of life in many rural villages.
- 3.
The charity provides subsistence allowances to displaced families in the region.