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单词 subsistence
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subsistencenoun [ U ]

uk/səbˈsɪs.təns/us/səbˈsɪs.təns/formal

the state of having what you need in order to stay alive, but no more:

The money is intended to provide a basic subsistence and should not be paid to someone who receives other income.
The family was living at subsistence level.

enough money or food to keep yourself alive

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Coping and not coping

  • balancing act
  • be left holding the baby idiom
  • bear up
  • bite
  • bite off more than you can chew idiom
  • cut
  • head
  • hold
  • keep body and soul together idiom
  • keep the wolf from the door idiom
  • keep your head above water idiom
  • keep/hold your end up idiom
  • live (from) hand to mouth idiom
  • manage
  • roll
  • sink or swim idiom
  • stride
  • subsist
  • take sth in your stride idiom
  • wolf

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Life and living

subsistencenoun [ U ]

us/səbˈsɪs·təns/

what a person needs in order to stay alive:

Art satisfies a need beyond mere subsistence.
Palau’s economy is based on subsistence agriculture (= producing enough food to feed themselves).

subsistencenoun [ U ]

/səbˈsɪstəns/ukusECONOMICS

the state of having what you need in order to stay alive, but no more:

Many people in the town feed their families by subsistence, an economic lifestyle characterized by living off the land.
Agricultural production is below subsistence level, leaving many dependent on emergency aid.
Many migrant workers are employed at little more than subsistence wages.
Maize is the national subsistence food in parts of South Africa.
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