Subsistent without dependence on or support from external agencies.
独立生存的；自立的
this colony was virtually self-subsistent, in management methods as in food
这块殖民地实际上在管理方法上和在食物上一样具有独立性。
Example sentencesExamples
Looking forward, the century is often portrayed as the graveyard of the traditional ‘moral economy’ of self-subsistent peasant farms and guild workshops.
Definition of self-subsistent in US English:
self-subsistent
adjective
Subsistent without dependence on or support from external agencies.
独立生存的；自立的
this colony was virtually self-subsistent, in management methods as in food
这块殖民地实际上在管理方法上和在食物上一样具有独立性。
Example sentencesExamples
Looking forward, the century is often portrayed as the graveyard of the traditional ‘moral economy’ of self-subsistent peasant farms and guild workshops.