1N-UNCOUNT [oft NOUN n]勉强维持生活;生存;存活Subsistence is the condition of just having enough food or money to stay alive. 勉强维持生活;生存;存活
...below the subsistence level.
低于最低生活水平
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。
2ADJ [ADJ n](农业或农业生产)收成仅够自身口粮的 In subsistence farming or subsistence agriculture, farmers produce food to eat themselves rather than to sell. (农业或农业生产)收成仅够自身口粮的
Many black Namibians are subsistence farmers who live in the arid borderlands.
ADJECTIVE | SUBSISTENCE + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bare, basic僅夠維持基本生活SUBSISTENCE + NOUN➤agriculture, farming自給農業(指收成僅夠自家食用的耕作)➤farmer自耕自給的農戶▸➤economy自給經濟▸➤level勉強餬口的生活水平◇Most of the population lives at subsistence level.大多數人過着勉強餬口的生活。➤needs生存需要◇their family's basic subsistence needs他們一家人的基本生存需要➤wage (especially BrE) 勉強餬口的工資◇She earns less than a subsistence wage at the mail-order company.她在一家郵購公司工作,工資尚不夠維持基本生計。PHRASES➤a level of subsistence維持生存的水平◇They were living barely above the level of subsistence.他們的生活勉強維持在溫飽水平上。➤means of subsistence謀生方式◇She had no means of subsistence and was dependent on charity.她沒什麼謀生手段,只能依靠救濟。