1·Salaries were below subsistence level for the Europeans in the East.
薪金不足以维持留居东方的欧洲人的生活水平。
2·Dolphin hunts also take place at a small subsistence level in the Caribbean and the Arctic.
在加勒比海和北极为了维持生存猎杀海豚也有小规模的发生。
3·"The subsistence level is only a conventional idea, and conventions change," Sir Arthur pointed out.
阿瑟爵士指出“维持生计的水平，只是一个常规观念，而常规是会改变的”。
4·All pensions should be at or above subsistence level. Retired workers should not have to go cap in hand to ask for supplementary allowances.
所有养老金都应相当或高于平均生活水平，不应让退休工人落到乞求补助的境地。
5·Many families are living below the level of subsistence.
许多家庭难以度日。
—— 《牛津词典》