| 釋義 |
subsist /ssb'sist; sab'sist/ vi [VP2A, 3A] ~ (on), exist; be kept in existence on: 生存; 存在; 維持生活; 賴(…)為生： ~ on a vegetable diet/on charity. 靠素食(施舍)維持生活。 subsistence /-tans; -tans/ n [U] existence; means of existing: 生存; 存在; 生計; 維生之道： a ~ence wqge, one that is only just enough to enable a worker to exist; 維持生活的工資; my means of ~ence, how I make a living; 我的星計; ' ~ence crops, those grown for consumption (contrasted with 'cash crops, those sold for money); 消費作物(為自用種植者，與種來賣錢的 cash crops 相對); on a，~ e”ce 'evel, on a standard of living only just adequate for remaining alive. 過僅足以糊口的生活。 |