| 正面 | 10481.subsistence 英 [səb'sɪst(ə)ns]美 [səb'sɪstəns]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. pre- "before, forth" + cipit- + -ate.2. 本义为：头向前、朝前倾斜。很显然这会造成不稳定，进而导致摔倒、摔下、坠落，由此引申为：猛然摔下，坠落，又由此引申为沉淀。以及由头向前而表示的那种不沉稳之意，进而引申为：轻率、鲁莽、急促。n. 生活；生存；存在 例句： 1. 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。 subsistence 维持生活，度日subsist,维持生活，度日，-ence,名词后缀。 subsistence (n.)early 15c., "existence, independence," from Late Latin subsistentia "substance, reality," in Medieval Latin also "stability," from Latin subsistens, present participle of subsistere "stand still or firm" (see subsist). Latin subsistentia is a loan-translation of Greek hypostasis "foundation, substance, real nature, subject matter; that which settles at the bottom, sediment," literally "anything set under." In the English word, meaning "act or process of support for physical life" is from 1640s." |