means of subsistence

• 生活资料

means of subsistence的用法和样例：

例句

1. Subsistence only increases in an arithmetic ratio.
   生活资料只能按算术级数增长。
2. Subsistence has been increased and perfected by a series of successive arts.
   生活资料是由一系列顺序相承的技术使之增加并臻于完美的。
3. She had no means of subsistence and was dependent on charity.
   她没什么谋生手段，只能依靠救济。
4. Fiction writing as a means of living is no easy task.
   写小说作为一种谋生手段绝非易事。