subsistence
/səbˈsɪstəns/noun
mass noun
1
- 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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- 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。
2
- 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。