薪金不足以维持留居东方的欧洲人的生活水平。
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。
"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”。