subsistence
subsistence
noun
[mass noun]
noun
[mass noun]
- the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level
勉强生存，维持生计
the minimum income needed for subsistence.
维持生活所需的最低收入。
■the means of doing this
生计
the garden provided not only subsistence but a little cash crop.
这个园子不仅维持了生计，还提供了一点经济作物。
[count noun]the agricultural working class were deprived of a subsistence.
农业工人阶级被剥夺了生计。
■[as modifier]denoting or relating to production at a level sufficient only for one's own use or consumption, without any surplus for trade
自给自足的；仅够自用的
subsistence agriculture.
自给自足的农业。 - (chiefly Law)the state of remaining in force or effect
(主律)有效
rights of occupation normally only continue during the subsistence of the marriage.
正常情况下只有在婚姻有效时才能继续享有居住权。
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