Subsistence

Definition

subsist /sǝb'sÇst/ v ၁။ ~ (on sth) ( fml ) အသက္ရွင္ေနသည္။ He subsisted mainly on vegetables and fruit. ၂။ ( fml ) တည္ၿမဲေနသည္။ ဆက္လက္ရိွေနသည္။ This pattern of industry still subsists in certain countries. ❏ subsistence /-tǝns/ n [U] အသက္ရွင္ေနႏိုင္မႈ။ ဝမ္းေရးဖူလံု မႈ။ be reduced to subsistence on bread and water ❍ subsistence farming (ie farming that produces only enough food for the farmer and her or his family to eat, leaving none to sell) ❍ a subsistence wage (ie one that is only just enough to enable a worker to buy the basic necessities). ❏ subsistence crop /-tǝns krɒp/ n ဝမ္းစာအတြက္ စိုက္ပ်ဳိး ေသာ သီးႏွံ။ ❏ subsistence level n [U,C usu sing ] ဝမ္းေရးဖူလံု႐ံုမွ် လူေနမႈအဆင့္အတန္း။ exist at/above/below (the) subsistence level.

Examples

1. [subsist on] : The refugees subsist on a diet of rice and vegetables.