livelihood是什么意思？

livelihood

英[ˈlaɪvlihʊd] 美[ˈlaɪvliˌhʊd]

• n. 生活，生计，谋生之道，营生；

复数：livelihoods;

例句

• people whose livelihood depends on the forest 靠森林生活的人
• an insurance policy to secure your livelihood in old age 使您晚年生活有保障的保险单
• Well - directed tittle - tattle may easily causes its victim to lose his or her livelihood. 针对性很强的聊天,很容易使受害者丢掉饭碗.
• They deprived a large number of the overseas Chinese of their means of livelihood and drove them out of their residences in dire poverty. 他们剥夺了大批华侨劳动人民的生活资料,然后将他们扫地出门.
• It affords a livelihood to a great number of people. 这给许多人提供了生计.
• Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood. 他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排.
• Communities on the island depended on whaling for their livelihood. 岛上的居民靠捕鲸为生。
• Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses. 大型超市的掠夺性价格正威胁着小商店的生计。
• Amway has enriched my life, broadened my horizons and improved my livelihood. 加入安利后,人生充实了, 视野扩阔了,生活亦改善了.
• The newcomers directly threaten the livelihood of the established workers... 新来的工人直接威胁到老工人的饭碗。

同义词

• n.
  livelihood的同义词之：生活;生计
  keep, sustenance, support, maintenance, subsistence,
• livelihood的同义词之：其他释义
  keep, sustenance, subsistence, maintenance, labor, support,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  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.
  例句
  ...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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  生计,谋生之道
  an insurance policy to secure your livelihood in old age 使您晚年生活有保障的保险单 people whose livelihood depends on the forest 靠森林生活的人 Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood. 他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. 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"