living
adjective
uk/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/us/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/livingadjective(HAVING LIFE)
B2
alivenow:
活着的，在世的；现存的livingorganisms活（的生物）体
He isprobablythe best-known livingarchitect.他很可能是目前健在的最著名的建筑师。
- Don't all livingcreatureshavecertainrights?
- Water isessentialfor/to living things.
- All living things areinterdependent.
- She would neverharmanother livingcreature.
- They arehopingtodiscoverlivingorganismsin thesoil.
Life and living
- alive
- animate
- borrow
- cheat
- cheat deathidiom
- co-exist
- cradle
- immortal
- last out
- life cycle
- life expectancy
- life form
- life history
- pelagic
- raise
- raisesomeonefrom the deadidiom
- revenant
- social life
- subsist
- vital
livingadjective(CONTINUING)
stillexisting:
留下来的，依然存在的Thepyramidsare a livingmonumentto theskilloftheirbuilders.金字塔是其建造者高超技艺的传世纪念碑。
Existing and being
- account forsomething
- alive
- be
- be a thingidiom
- been
- come
- estate
- existential
- extant
- found
- have legsidiom
- hood
- lie in
- run
- spring up
- they're
- thing
- viability
- we're
- who're
living
noun
uk/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/us/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/livingnoun(MONEY)
B2[C]
themoneythat youearnfromyourjob:
收入；生计What do youdo for aliving?(= What isyourjob?)你靠什么谋生？
Imean, I don't like myjobbut at least it's a living(= a way ofearningmoney).我的意思是，我虽然不喜欢自己的工作，但它起码是一种谋生手段。
See also
livelihood
make a living
toearnenoughmoneytobuythe things you need:
谋生Everyone has to make a living.每个人都要谋生。
You can make agoodliving(=earna lot ofmoney)insalesif you have therightattitude.如果你有良好的心态，干销售会赚很多钱。
[C]old-fashioned
in theChurchofEngland, thejob, given to apriest, of being inchargeof aparticulararea
（英格兰圣公会的）牧师职位- You can'texpecttoearna living fromyourpainting.
- Mostartistsfinditalmostimpossibleto make a living fromartalone.
- Hemanagedto eke out a living onesummerbysellingdrinkson abeach.
- They made a livinghustlingstolengoodson thestreets.
- How do you make a living as apainter?
Earning money
- (your)(daily) breadidiom
- assessable
- bank
- base pay
- basic
- basic income
- feel the pinchidiom
- hand over fistidiom
- in arrearsidiom
- lineyourpocket(s)idiom
- livelihood
- pay packet
- pull
- pullsomethingdown
- raise
- rakesomethingin
- remonetize
- remuneration
- shift
- sick pay
livingnoun(WAY OF LIFE)
[U]
the way in which youliveyourlife:
生活（方式）country/healthyliving乡村／健康的生活方式
See also
cost of living
Lifestyles & their study
- anthropogenic
- anthropological
- anthropologically
- anthropologist
- anthropology
- demographer
- demographics
- demography
- downshifting
- ethnographer
- hermetic
- hermetically
- intercultural
- lifestyle
- meme
- vegetate
- way of lifeidiom
- westernization
- westernize
- westernized
livingnoun(PEOPLE)
the living[plural]
peoplewho are stillalive:
生者，活着的人On thisanniversaryof thetragedywerememberthe living as well as thedead.在那场悲剧的周年纪念之际，我们既要缅怀死者也不能忘记生者。
Life and living
- alive
- animate
- borrow
- cheat
- cheat deathidiom
- co-exist
- cradle
- immortal
- last out
- life cycle
- life expectancy
- life form
- life history
- pelagic
- raise
- raisesomeonefrom the deadidiom
- revenant
- social life
- subsist
- vital