Subsistence

(n.)

(means of) subsisting

存活；生存；生计；维生之道

e.g. reduced to subsistence on bread and water

降到以面包和水维持生活

e.g. subsistence farming, i.e. farming that produces only enough crops for the farmer and his family to live on, leaving no surplus which could be sold

自给农业（收成仅供自家食用，无剩余出售）

e.g. a subsistence wage, i.e. one that is only just enough to enable a worker to live

勉强糊口的工资。

e.g. subsistence security system

低保制度

e.g. subsistence crop: crop grown to be eaten by the grower

自给作物（供种植者自身食用的）

e.g. subsistence level: standard of living that is only just high enough to support life

勉强糊口的生活水平

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