livelihood

US [ˈlaɪvliˌhʊd]
UK [ˈlaɪvlihʊd]
  • n.赚钱谋生的手段；生计
  • Web生活；谋生之道；日月
Plural Form：livelihoods  

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livelihood
n.
1.
赚钱谋生的手段；生计a means of earning money in order to live
Communities on the island depended on whaling for their livelihood.
岛上的居民靠捕鲸为生。
a means/source of livelihood
生计；生活来源

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AllAll,赚钱谋生的手段赚钱谋生的手段,生计生计,生活生活,谋生之道谋生之道,日月日月
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1.
He, poor wretch, has no other means of livelihood; and reform would leave him as a workman is now left when he is superseded by a machine.
这些可怜的家伙无法从其他地方谋生计，一旦改革，他就好似如今被机器所取代了的工人。
zhè xiē kě lián de jiā huo wú fǎ cóng qí tā dì fāng móu shēng jì , yí dàn gǎi gé , tā jiù hǎo sì rú jīn bèi jī qì suǒ qǔ dài le de gōng rén 。
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2.
IN EASTPORT, a little coastal town on the easternmost point of the United States, different means of livelihood have come and gone.
伊斯特波特是美国最东端的一个沿海小镇，方式不同的生活在这里反复变换。
yī sī tè bō tè shì měi guó zuì dōng duān dì yī gè yán hǎi xiǎo zhèn , fāng shì bù tóng de shēng huó zài zhè lǐ fǎn fù biàn huàn 。
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Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's president, calls it a "hobby" business for rich girls that threatens the livelihood of poor shopkeepers.
韩国总统李明博称之为富家千金威胁贫穷店主生计的一个“爱好”产业。
hán guó zǒng tǒng lǐ míng bó chēng zhī wéi fù jiā qiān jīn wēi xié pín qióng diàn zhǔ shēng jì de yī gè " ài hào " chǎn yè 。
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4.
"Our kids are still really little, and what I am not ready to sacrifice is their livelihood, " she said.
“我们的孩子还真的太小，而我不打算牺牲的就是她们的童年生活，”她说。
" wǒ men de hái zi hái zhēn de tài xiǎo , ér wǒ bù dǎ suàn xī shēng de jiù shì tā men de tóng nián shēng huó , " tā shuō 。
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5.
But you expect that of a politician, whose livelihood depends on winning hearts.
但是，正如你所想的那样，一个政治家生命线是取决于赢得民心。
dàn shì , zhèng rú nǐ suǒ xiǎng de nà yàng , yī gè zhèng zhì jiā shēng mìng xiàn shì qǔ jué yú yíng dé mín xīn 。
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6.
If I had been younger, perhaps she might have helped me to a spark, but my thoughts were off that kind of livelihood.
假使我是年轻些，她也许能够替我找一个风流男人，但是我已经不想那种生活了。
jiǎ shǐ wǒ shì nián qīng xiē , tā yě xǔ néng gòu tì wǒ zhǎo yī gè fēng liú nán rén , dàn shì wǒ yǐ jīng bù xiǎng nà zhǒng shēng huó le 。
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7.
It also depends on how much the weather matters to your livelihood, and how well you can cope with the changes.
这也取决于多少你的生活天气事项，以及你如何能应付这些变化。
zhè yě qǔ jué yú duō shao nǐ de shēng huó tiān qì shì xiàng , yǐ jí nǐ rú hé néng yìng fù zhè xiē biàn huà 。
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8.
Being thus deprived of the means of his livelihood, he sat down on the bank and quietly lamented his hard fate.
正因此，剥夺了他生活的手段，他坐在银行悄悄感叹他的努力和命运。
zhèng yīn cǐ , bō duó le tā shēng huó de shǒu duàn , tā zuò zài yín háng qiāo qiāo gǎn tàn tā de nǔ lì hé mìng yùn 。
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9.
One thing he needs to do is put aside his hobby of horse racing - likely to be his livelihood in retirement - at least for a season.
他需要做的一件事情就是暂时把他的兴趣——赛马——很有可能是他退役后的生计——放到一边，最起码一个赛季。
tā xū yào zuò de yī jiàn shì qíng jiù shì zàn shí bǎ tā de xìng qù — — sài mǎ — — hěn yǒu kě néng shì tā tuì yì hòu de shēng jì — — fàng dào yì biān , zuì qǐ mǎ yī gè sài jì 。
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10.
As I did not teach for the good of my fellow-men, but simply for a livelihood, this was a failure.
由于我教书不是为了我同类的好处，而只是为了生活，这失败了。
yóu yú wǒ jiāo shū bú shì wèi le wǒ tóng lèi de hǎo chu , ér zhǐ shì wèi le shēng huó , zhè shī bài le 。
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