subsistence

• n. 生命、存在、存在

subsist、subsistence、day、-ence、名詞接尾辞。

subsistence (n.)

early 15c., "existence, independence," from Late Latin subsistentia "substance, reality," in Medieval Latin also "stability," from Latin subsistens, present participle of subsistere "stand still or firm" (see subsist). Latin subsistentia is a loan-translation of Greek hypostasis "foundation, substance, real nature, subject matter; that which settles at the bottom, sediment," literally "anything set under." In the English word, meaning "act or process of support for physical life" is from 1640s.

1. The standard of living today is on the edge of subsistence .

現在の生活水準ではほとんど生計を立てられなくなりそうだ。

2.Many black Namibians are subsistence farmers who live in the arid borderlands.

土地のやせた辺境地域に生息するナミビアの黒人農場主の多くの収穫は、自分の食糧を維持するのに十分ではない。

3.Many families are living below the level of subsistence .

多くの家庭では暮らしにくい。

4.She had no means of subsistence and was dependent on charity.

彼女は生計を立てる手段がなく、救済に頼るしかない。

5.They were living barely above the level of subsistence .

彼らの生活水準はかろうじて最低水準線以上である。