2N-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. 生活质量;生活素质;生活(方式)
Olivia has always been a model of healthy living.
奥利维娅一向是健康生活的楷模。
...the stresses of urban living.
城市生活的压力
3ADJ [ADJ n]居住的;起居的 You use living to talk about the places where people relax when they are not working. 居住的;起居的
The spacious living quarters were on the second floor.
宽敞的生活区位于3楼。
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。
4N-PLURAL 生者;活着的人们 The living are people who are alive, rather than people who have died. 生者;活着的人们
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。
5PHRASE [VERB inflects]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 . 艰难度日,勉强糊口(美国英语中作scrape out a living或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。
6living proof→see: proof in living memory→see: memory the world owes them a living→see: world
Quotations
The living are the dead on holidayMaurice Maeterlinck
ADJECTIVE | VERB + LIVINGADJECTIVE➤comfortable, decent, good, honest舒適的/體面的/優裕的/誠實的生活◇He makes a good living as a builder.他是建築工人,生活優裕。➤meagre/meager貧困的生活◇She eked out a meagre / meager living as an artist's model.她靠當畫模勉強為生。VERB + LIVING➤earn, make謀生◇Her dream was to earn her living as a singer.她的夢想是靠當歌手來謀生。➤eke out, scrape, scrape together, scratch勉強維持生活;餬口◇They were forced to scratch a living by selling things on the streets.他們被迫靠在街上賣東西來勉強維持生計。➤do sth for以⋯為生◇He asked what I did for a living.他問我靠什麼生活。➤provide提供生計◇Ten acres provides a decent living for a rural family.10 英畝土地能讓一個鄉村家庭過上體面的生活。