The family was short of even the bare necessities of life.

那家人甚至没有最起码的生活所需。

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Aside from the bare necessities, things do not make life better.

除了那些必需品，其他的东西不会使我们的生活变得更好。

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Enough doesn’t mean the just bare necessities of life. That would be food, water, shelter and clothing.

足够并不意味这仅仅满足生活必须，即食物，水，遮蔽所和衣服。

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You know, it's kind of bare necessities right now.

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