单词 | subsistence quantity |
释义 | > as lemmassubsistence quantity subsistence quantity n. an amount of food requisite to maintain a person in health; cf. subsistence diet n. ΚΠ 1865 L. Playfair Food of Man 26 There is also included in this subsistence quantity [of food] both a limited amount of mental work and a full proportional of assimilative work. 2009 Insurance Business Weekly (Nexis) 18 Jan. 68 The environmental health goals of many Native American tribes are to restore natural resources and ensure that they are safe to harvest and consume in traditional subsistence quantities. < as lemmas |
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