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livelihood n.生计；营生；生活 (1) 他仅靠给人家草坪除草维持生计。(2) 我喜欢在乐队里演奏，但这不只是为了好玩，而是我的谋生之道。(3) 她靠缝纫谋生。(4) 他们不关心群众的生活。 The word livelihood started out as the Old English līflād, or "course of life," and around the 13th century changed to livelode, which meant "a means of keeping one alive." As "-lode" morphed into "-hood," which meant "state, condition," the meaning of the word also changed to mean support for a person's life. That naturally came to mean your job, which provides the monetary support to keep you going.

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英 ['laɪvlihʊd] 美 ['laɪvlihʊd] (1) Mowing lawns is his only livelihood.(2) I like playing in the band, but I don't do it just for fun; it's my livelihood.(3) She earns a livelihood by sewing.(4) They didn't care for the livelihood of the people. Your livelihood is the job you work at to earn the income that supports you. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]营生；生计 Your livelihood is the job or other source of income that gives you the money to buy the things you need. ...fishermen who depend on the seas for their livelihood...靠大海为生的渔夫As a result of this conflict he lost both his home and his means of livelihood.这场冲突使他同时失去了住所和生计来源。

英语单词	livelihood
英美音标	英 ['laɪvlihʊd] 美 ['laɪvlihʊd]
中文释义	n.生计；营生；生活
英语例句	(1) Mowing lawns is his only livelihood. (2) I like playing in the band, but I don't do it just for fun; it's my livelihood. (3) She earns a livelihood by sewing. (4) They didn't care for the livelihood of the people.
中文例句	(1) 他仅靠给人家草坪除草维持生计。 (2) 我喜欢在乐队里演奏，但这不只是为了好玩，而是我的谋生之道。 (3) 她靠缝纫谋生。 (4) 他们不关心群众的生活。
vocabulary简明	Your livelihood is the job you work at to earn the income that supports you.
vocabulary扩展	The word livelihood started out as the Old English līflād, or "course of life," and around the 13th century changed to livelode, which meant "a means of keeping one alive." As "-lode" morphed into "-hood," which meant "state, condition," the meaning of the word also changed to mean support for a person's life. That naturally came to mean your job, which provides the monetary support to keep you going.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]营生；生计 Your livelihood is the job or other source of income that gives you the money to buy the things you need. ...fishermen who depend on the seas for their livelihood... 靠大海为生的渔夫 As a result of this conflict he lost both his home and his means of livelihood. 这场冲突使他同时失去了住所和生计来源。

Livelihood I Job Income Word Changed Meant Means