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- usu. in sing. an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it赖以生存的收入; 谋生手段, 生计：
she was struggling to make a living as a dancer
她拼命靠跳舞养活自己
what does he do for a living?
他靠什么过活？
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- Brit. (in church use) a position as a vicar or rector with an income or property〈英〉（教会人士用语）（有固定收入或房产的）教区牧师（或教区长）职务。
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- mass noun with adj. or noun modifier the pursuit of a lifestyle of the specified type生活（方式）：
the benefits of country living.
乡村生活的好处。
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- alive活的：
living creatures
生物
as plural noun the living flowers were for the living.花是为活人准备的。
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- attrib.(of a place) used for living rather than working in（地点）供生活起居用的, 非办公用的：
the living quarters of the pub.
酒店的住宿区。
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- (of a language) still spoken and used（语言）仍在使用的, 活的。
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- attrib. poetic/literary (of water) perennially flowing〈诗/文〉（水）流淌不息的：
streams of living water.
流淌不息的河流。
短语
be (the) living proof that（或of）
- show by one's existence and qualities that something is the case是活生生的例子：
she is living proof that hard work need not be ageing.
工作辛苦不一定催人老, 她就是个活生生的例子。
in（或within）living memory
- within or during a time that is remembered by people still alive记忆中：
the worst recession in living memory.
人们记忆中最严重的经济衰退。
the living image of
- an exact copy or likeness of活脱脱一个…, 活像。