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单词 subsistence
释义
subsistence
noun[U]
formal
uk
/səbˈsɪs.təns/us
/səbˈsɪs.təns/
thestateof having what you need inordertostayalive, but no more:
活命，生存，维持生活
Themoneyisintendedtoprovideabasicsubsistence and should not bepaidto someone whoreceivesotherincome.这些钱旨在提供基本生活保障，不应发放给有其他收入来源的人。
Thefamilywaslivingatsubsistencelevel.这家人过着勉强糊口的生活。
enoughmoneyorfoodtokeepyourselfalive
赖以活命的东西；生计
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(Definition ofsubsistencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

subsistence| American Dictionary

subsistence
noun[U]
us
/səbˈsɪs·təns/
what apersonneedsinordertostayalive:
Artsatisfiesa need beyondmeresubsistence.
Palau’seconomyisbasedon subsistenceagriculture(=producingenoughfoodtofeedthemselves).
(Definition ofsubsistencefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

subsistence| Business English

subsistence
noun[U]
ECONOMICS
/səbˈsɪstəns/uk
us
thestateof having what you need inordertostayalive, but no more:
Manypeoplein thetownfeedtheirfamiliesby subsistence, aneconomiclifestylecharacterizedbylivingoff theland.
Agriculturalproductionis belowsubsistencelevel,leavingmanydependentonemergencyaid.
Manymigrantworkersareemployedat little more thansubsistencewages.
Maize is thenationalsubsistencefoodinpartsofSouthAfrica.
(Definition ofsubsistencefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubsistence

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Under thesubsistenceframework this would lead to reduced pressure on forests, whereas the effect would be the opposite in the market approach.
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Pension levels are defined in relation tosubsistenceneeds, and are usually pitched considerably below net earnings during the period of paid employment.
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To this end, they might work just enough to get asubsistenceincome and spend the rest of their time trying to write poetry.
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When such criteria do exist, they are broad enough (genealogy, way of life,subsistenceactivities) to accommodate many different situations.
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Such interaction would have diversified thesubsistenceeconomy considerably.
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The model economy withoutsubsistenceabsorption exhibits no movements in markups.
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In the first place, the discussion of the burials floats almost completely free of any consideration of population,subsistenceand exchange patterns.
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The women eke out vital family living incomes throughsubsistencefarming, fishing, petty trading and activities in the informal sector.
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In a society which prized independence, they had few options but to rely upon others for theirsubsistence.
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The presumption is, of course, that the fly, deprived of its means ofsubsistence, died of starvation.
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In other words, utility increases only as consumption rises above a floor orsubsistence.
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To describe such a preference forsubsistenceconsumption one needs a non-zero consumption floor in the utility function.
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A rising frequency ofsubsistencecrises, due to the colonial penetration, was overlooked.
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Zones of export cash-cropping are intermixed withsubsistencefood crops.
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The data also show that onsubsistencecrops most farmers used lower rates of organic fertilizer and almost no mineral fertilizer.
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Collocationswithsubsistence

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bare subsistence
The wages of jute mill workers provided them with bare subsistence.
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basic subsistence
It does so at the cost of transferring demographic risks to pensioners, but without endangering thebasicsubsistencefunction of the pensions.
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means of subsistence
The presumption is, of course, that the fly, deprived of itsmeansofsubsistence, died of starvation.
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