livings

美 [ˈlɪvɪŋz]英 [ˈlɪvɪŋz]
  • n.收入;生活方式;谋生;生计;活着的人
  • living的复数
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  • 1
    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。

  • 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.

    Olivia has always been a model of healthy living.

    奥利维娅一向是健康生活的楷模。

  • 3
    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。

  • 4
    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。

  • 5
    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。

  • 6
    living proof→ see:proof

  1. Internet as the basis of network bank is modifying the traditional finance and accounting pattern and internal audit pattern of the bank , as well as people 's livings .

    Internet作为网络银行的基础,正在改变着银行传统的财务会计工作模式和内部审计模式,甚至人们的生活方式。

  2. Lynda now sees many of her clients downshifting in search of a new way of living .

    琳达现在发现她的很多客户都在调换工作减轻压力,寻求一种新的生活方式。

  3. 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。

  4. How long have you been living in this country ?

    你在这个国家居住多久啦?

  5. I was living with my parents at that time .

    那时候我和父母住在一起。

  6. Physiology is the study of how living things work .

    生理学是研究生物功能的学科。

  7. I 've always believed in living life to the full .

    我总是相信生活要尽量充实。

  8. 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。

  9. We 're living on the social now .

    我们现在靠社会保障金维持生活。

  10. Their standard of living is very low .

    他们的生活水平很低。

  11. It was her first experience of living alone .

    那是她第一次单独生活。

  12. 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。

  13. They are now living together on a permanent basis .

    他们现在决定长期同住。

  14. Pollution is just one of the disadvantages of living in the town .

    污染只是生活在城里的不利条件之一。

  15. Too many poor people are living in overcrowded conditions .

    有太多的贫民生活在十分拥挤的条件下。

  16. These people have been living for years under the shadow of fear .

    这些人多年来一直生活在恐怖的阴影中。

  17. It took her a while to adjust to living alone .

    她过了一段时间才适应独自生活。

  18. He 's still living with his parents .

    他还和父母住在一起。

  19. We are living in a consumer culture .

    我们生活在一种消费文化之中。

  20. All living things are composed of cells .

    所有的生物都由细胞组成。

  21. Many families are living below the level of subsistence .

    许多家庭难以度日。

  22. The apartments are ideal for single people living alone .

    这些公寓供单身者独自居住最为理想。

  23. I 'm not too happy about her living alone .

    我不太放心让她一个人住。

  24. She 's a saint to go on living with that man .

    能继续和那个男人一起生活,她简直是圣人。

  25. What do you do for a living ?

    你靠什么谋生?

  26. What did she do for a living ?

    她过去干哪一行为生?

  27. Charlotte seemed to be living at one remove from reality .

    夏洛特好像生活在现实之外。

  28. A third of the population is living at or below the poverty line .

    三分之一的人口生活在贫困线或以下。

  29. They found contentment in living a simple life .

    他们在简朴的生活中得到满足。

  30. She had persuaded herself that life was not worth living .

    她自认为人生没有价值。