living
- adj.活的;在使用的;活着的;在实施的
- n.收入;生活方式;谋生;生计;活着的人;（尤指旧时）有俸金住房的牧师职位
- v.居住;住;生存;(尤指在某时期)活着
- live的现在分词
复数： livings
liv(e) 活的,生动的 + -ing 名词后缀
livingadj.
活着的；活的
alive now
all living things
所有生物
living organisms
活的机体
the finest living pianist
當世的最杰出的钢琴家
在使用的；在实施的
used or practised now
living languages (= those still spoken)
现用语言
a living faith
仍有人信奉的信仰
to show by your actions or qualities that a particular fact is true
并非所有工程师都缺乏情趣，他就是活生生的例子。
He is living proof that not all engineers are boring.
at a time, or during the time, that is remembered by people still alive
人们记忆中最寒冷的冬天
the coldest winter in living memory
to frighten sb very much
noun
生计；谋生；收入
money to buy the things that you need in life
She earns her living as a freelance journalist.
她靠做自由撰稿记者来维持生计。
to make a good/decent/meagre living
过优裕的 / 体面的 / 贫困的生活
What do you do for a living ?
你靠什么谋生？
to scrape/scratch a living from part-time tutoring
靠做兼职家庭教师勉强维持生活
生活方式
a way or style of life
everyday living
日常生活
communal living
集体生活
plain living
简朴的生活
Their standard of living is very low.
他们的生活水平很低。
The cost of living has risen sharply.
生活费用已急剧上涨。
poor living conditions/standards
恶劣的生活条件；低下的生活水准
活着的人
people who are alive now
the living and the dead
生者与死者
（尤指旧时）有俸金住房的牧师职位
(especially in the past) a position in the Church as a priest and the income and house that go with this
awake or alive or no longer ill/sick
living
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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.Father never talked about what he did for a living...
父亲从不谈他的谋生之道。
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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.Olivia has always been a model of healthy living.
奥利维娅一向是健康生活的楷模。
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ADJ 居住的；起居的
You use living to talk about the places where people relax when they are not working.The spacious living quarters were on the second floor...
宽敞的生活区位于3楼。
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N-PLURAL 生者；活着的人们
The living are people who are alive, rather than people who have died.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。
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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 .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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living proof→ see:proof
noun
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- the experience of being alive;the course of human events and activities
- he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
- Synonym: life
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- people who are still living
- save your pity for the living
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- the financial means whereby one lives
- each child was expected to pay for their keep
- he applied to the state for support
- he could no longer earn his own livelihood
- Synonym: support keep livelihood bread and butter sustenance
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- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- while there's life there's hope
- life depends on many chemical and physical processes
- Synonym: animation life aliveness
adj
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- (informal) absolute
- she is a living doll
- scared the living daylights out of them
- beat the living hell out of him
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- still in active use
- a living language
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- still in existence
- the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil
- the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania
- Synonym: surviving
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- true to life;lifelike
- the living image of her mother
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- pertaining to living persons
- within living memory
数据来源：WordNet
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Alaskan Eskimos believe that every living creature possesses a spirit
阿拉斯加的爱斯基摩人认为每一个活着的生物都有灵魂。
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A tsar was a living icon , invested with deep historical and religious significance .
沙皇曾是活着的圣像，具有深远的历史和宗教意义。
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People in this country enjoy a high standard of living .
这个国家的人民享有很高的生活水平。
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Am I right in thinking that you used to live here ?
我想你过去在这里住过，对吗？
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I 'd love her to come and live with us .
我很愿意让她来和我们住在一起。
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How long have you been living in this country ?
你在这个国家居住多久啦？
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I was living with my parents at that time .
那时候我和父母住在一起。
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Physiology is the study of how living things work .
生理学是研究生物功能的学科。
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I 've always believed in living life to the full .
我总是相信生活要尽量充实。
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Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own .
很多人生活贫困并非他们自己有什么过错。
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You live in New York , don 't you ?
你住在纽约，不是吗？
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Some college students will have to live out .
有些大学生将不得不住在校外。
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What became of that student who used to live with you ?
以前和你住在一起的那个学生后来怎么样了？
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You really need to be mobile if you live in the country .
如果你住在乡村，你确实要有一辆汽车。
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This moment will live in our memory for many years to come .
这一时刻将在我们的记忆中留存许多年。
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Many people living in institutions have lost their sense of self .
许多生活在福利院里的人已经失去了个性意识。
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We 're living on the social now .
我们现在靠社会保障金维持生活。
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Their standard of living is very low .
他们的生活水平很低。
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It was her first experience of living alone .
那是她第一次单独生活。
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That 's a philosophy I could live by .
那就是我所信奉的人生哲学。
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Both her children still live at home .
她的两个孩子仍住在家里。
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Living in Africa was very different from home and quite an experience .
生活在非洲完全不同于在家里，那真是一次不同寻常的经历。
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This is not a fit place for you to live .
这个地方不适合你居住。
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What kind of house do you live in ?
你住的房子是哪一种？
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They would rather work than live on welfare .
他们宁愿工作而不愿靠社会保障金过活。
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They are now living together on a permanent basis .
他们现在决定长期同住。
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The situation is not good but we live in hope that it will improve .
情况不好，但我们依然希望会好转。
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They live in an area ill served by public transport .
他们住在公共交通条件很差的地区。
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I had a letter from the people who used to live next door .
我接到了过去的邻居写来的一封信。
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We live in an age of rapid technological advance .
我们生活在技术迅猛发展的时代。
指挣钱的方式或赚取的收入。
He took the job for a living.
为了生计，他接受了这份工作。
Many young farmers have come to big cities to make a living.
许多年轻的农民来到大城市谋生。
指赖以为生的手段，通常依靠某种职业。
Playing in a band is my livelihood.
在乐队里演奏是我的谋生之道。
She earned her livelihood by teaching.
她以教书为生。
指相对死亡而言的，通常作表语，且不可用 very 修饰，应用 much 或 very much，作定语时须置于被修饰名词后面。
He is still alive.
他还活着。（意为他本来有死的可能，但没有死）
She is one of the greatest women still alive.
她是现今依然活着的最伟大的女人之一。
指相对石头、机器等无生命体而言的。
animate beings
生物
The tiger lay so still that it scarcely seemed animate.
那只老虎躺着一动不动，简直不像活的。
指“在某某时候是活着的”，用于修饰有生命的人或物，既可作表语，也可作定语。
Other living beings might exist in outer space.
外层空间也许有其他生物存在。
He is one among the living men.
他是那些活着的人之一。
试比较：
Old Tom is still living.
老汤姆依然活着。（强调继续生存下去）
Old Tom is lucky to be alive.
老汤姆能活着实属幸运。（强调没有死去）
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