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Subsistence Means Necessities Food N Farmers 英 Səb'sɪstəns] 美

英语单词 subsistence
英美音标 英 [səb'sɪstəns] 美 [səb'sɪstəns]
中文释义 n.生存;生计;存在
英语例句 (1) Subsistence is not possible in such conditions.
(2) Without the right to work, there will be no guarantee for the right to subsistence.
(3) They had no visible means of subsistence.
(4) Even if it is also written to help people write letters to be a subsistence living.
(5) According to Maritain's theory of subsistence, the "received existence" of the nature is elevated to the state of exercising through the subsistent act.
中文例句 (1) 在这种情况下是无法生存的。
(2) 没有劳动权,生存权利也就没有保障。
(3) 他们生计无着。
(4) 哪怕是代笔替人写书信也能够成为一个维持生计的活。
(5) 根据马里旦的自立性理论,本性的接受存在透过自立性的活动而提升到能行使存在的状态。
vocabulary简明 Subsistence means the minimal resources that are necessary for survival. If you work for subsistence, you'll probably receive food, water, and lodging (internet access not included).
vocabulary扩展 Subsistence can be used in a variety of subtly different ways. In addition to referring to necessities for survival, it can indicate one's means of obtaining those necessities (usually a job). And if you feel like getting philosophical, subsistence can refer to the very act of existence itself.
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]勉强维持生活;生存;存活 Subsistence is the condition of just having enough food or money to stay alive.
  [oft N n]
  • ...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。

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[ADJ 形容词](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.
  [ADJ n]
  • Many black Namibians are subsistence farmers who live in the arid borderlands.

    许多生活在土地贫瘠的边境地区的纳米比亚黑人农场主的收成仅够维持自身的口粮。

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