subsistence

subsistence

英 [səb'sɪst(ə)ns]
　　美 [səb'sɪstəns]

n. 生活；生存；存在

中文詞源：

subsistence 維持生活，度日

subsist,維持生活，度日，-ence,名詞後綴。

例句：

1. The standard of living today is on the edge of subsistence.
現在的生活水平幾乎快要無法維持生計。

2. Many black Namibians are subsistence farmers who live in the arid borderlands.
許多生活在土地貧瘠的邊境地區的納米比亞黑人農場主的收成僅夠維持自身的口糧。

3. Many families are living below the level of subsistence.
許多傢庭難以度日。

4. She had no means of subsistence and was dependent on charity.
她沒什麼謀生手段,隻能依靠救濟.

5. They were living barely above the level of subsistence.
他們的生活水平勉強在最低水平線以上.