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复数形式
subsistences
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生存, 生计
a situation in which one has just enough money or food to survive
- The workers earned barely enough for subsisten
工人们挣的钱勉强够生存。
- Many people in the rural area rely on fishing for their subsistence.
农村地区的许多人依靠捕鱼为生。
- Farming provided only subsistence, leaving no surplus for savings.
农业仅提供生存所需，没有剩余可供储蓄。
- The artist lived a life of subsistence, focusing more on his passion than profit.
这位艺术家过着勉强糊口的生活，更关注他的热情而非利润。
- The family struggled to maintain subsistence on their small farm.
这家人努力在他们的小农场上维持生计。
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生存, 生计来源
a source for getting basic necessities in order to survive
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生存, 存在
the state of existing in reality; having substance