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单词 living
释义
living
lɪvɪŋ ˈlɪvɪŋ
Word forms: plural livings
1 N-COUNT [usually singular] 生计;饭碗 The work that you do for a living is the work that you do in order to earn the money that you need. 生计;饭碗
  • Father never talked about what he did for a living.

    父亲从不谈他的谋生之道。

  • He earns his living doing all kinds of things.

    他做各种各样的活计来谋生。

SYN livelihood, work, job, maintenance
2 N-UNCOUNT 生活质量;生活素质;生活(方式) You use living when you are talking about the quality of people's daily lives. 生活质量;生活素质;生活(方式)
  • Olivia has always been a model of healthy living.

    奥利维娅一向是健康生活的楷模。

  • ...the stresses of urban living.

    城市生活的压力

3 ADJ [ADJ n] 居住的;起居的 You use living to talk about the places where people relax when they are not working. 居住的;起居的
  • The spacious living quarters were on the second floor.

    宽敞的生活区位于3楼。

  • The study links the main living area to the kitchen.

    书房把主要的生活区与厨房连在一起。

4 N-PLURAL 生者;活着的人们 The living are people who are alive, rather than people who have died. 生者;活着的人们
  • The young man is dead. We have only to consider the living.

    这位年轻人已经死了。我们只能考虑在生之人。

5 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 艰难度日,勉强糊口(美国英语中作scrape out a livingscratch out a living If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living . 艰难度日,勉强糊口(美国英语中作scrape out a livingscratch out a living
  • He almost manages to scrape a living as an artist.

    他靠当艺术家来勉强混口饭吃。

6 living proof→see: proof  in living memory→see: memory  the world owes them a living→see: world 
Quotations
The living are the dead on holiday Maurice Maeterlinck
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