Living People 例：The Work Earn 例：He Scrape 英[ˈlɪvɪŋ

英[ˈlɪvɪŋ] 美[ˈlɪvɪŋ]

adj.活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;n.生计;生活方式;生存之道;v.活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;

N-COUNT

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.

例：Father never talked about what he did for a living...父亲从不谈他的谋生之道。

例：He earns his living doing all kinds of things.他做各种各样的活计来谋生。

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.

例：Olivia has always been a model of healthy living.奥利维娅一向是健康生活的楷模。

例：...the stresses of urban living.城市生活的压力

ADJ

居住的；起居的

You use living to talk about the places where people relax when they are not working.

例：The spacious living quarters were on the second floor...宽敞的生活区位于3楼。

例：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。

N-PLURAL

生者；活着的人们

The living are people who are alive, rather than people who have died.

例：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。

PHRASE

艰难度日，勉强糊口（美国英语中作scrape out a living或scratch 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 .

例：He almost manages to scrape a living as an artist.他靠当艺术家来勉强混口饭吃。

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