Subsistence
[ səb'sɪstəns ]
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n. 存活，生存;生计，维生之道;
💡 词根助记
sub下面+sist站立+ence名词后缀 → 生存，生计
📝 例句
She had no means of subsistence and was dependent on charity.
她没什么谋生手段,只能依靠救济.
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-sist-表示“站立”
📖 牛津释义
subsistence
n[U]
(means of) subsisting 存活; 生存; 生计; 维生之道
reduced to subsistence on bread and water 降到以面包和水维持生活
[attrib 作定语]
subsistence farming, ie farming that produces only enough crops for the farmer and his family to live on, leaving no surplus which could besold 自给农业（收成仅供自家食用, 无剩余出售者）
a subsistence wage, ie one that is only just enough to enable a worker to live 勉强糊口的工资.
🔁 扩展释义
*[sәb'sistәns]n. 生存, 生活【医】 生存【经】 最低维持生活标准
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📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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I think foreign languages are more interesting than science.
我想外语比自然科学更有趣。
How time files! More than a week has passed already!
光阴似箭！已经过了一周多时间了！
I'm feeling thirsty, too! said Meimei. Look, it's noon already! Let's go and have a drink!
“我也口渴了！”梅梅说，“瞧，已是中午了！我们去喝点东西吧！”