Many poorer countries don't have enough food to provide basic sustenance.

许多贫困国家甚至没有足够的食物来维持基本的生活。

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The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else.

国家提供基本的日常食物供应，仅此而已。

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"Food and fuel, sustenance and energy, malnutrition and health, it does not get more basic than that," he said.

他说：“食品和燃料、生存和能源、营养不良和卫生保健，没有什么比这些问题更加基本的了。”

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Indeed, the Obama Administration has succeeded in expanding government so today more Americans depend on Washington for basic sustenance.

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If Social Security collapses, given the large number of Americans dependent upon it for basic, minimum sustenance, USA collapses.

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