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单词 livelihood
释义
livelihood
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈlaɪv.li.hʊd/us
/ˈlaɪv.li.hʊd/
(the way someoneearns) themoneypeopleneed topayforfood, aplacetolive,clothing, etc.:
生活来源；饭碗，生计
Manyshipworkerscouldlosetheirlivelihoods because offallingordersfor newships.由于新船订单减少，许多船厂工人可能要丢掉饭碗。
Thatfarmis his livelihood.那个农场是他的生活来源。
Synonyms
yourbread and butter
living(MONEY)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Earning money
  • (your)(daily) breadidiom
  • assessable
  • bank
  • base pay
  • basic
  • basic income
  • benefits package
  • feel the pinchidiom
  • hand over fistidiom
  • in arrearsidiom
  • lineyourpocket(s)idiom
  • pay packet
  • paycheck
  • pull
  • pullsomethingdown
  • rakesomethingin
  • remonetize
  • remuneration
  • shift
  • sick pay
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(Definition oflivelihoodfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

livelihood| American Dictionary

livelihood
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈlɑɪv·liˌhʊd/
the way youearnthemoneyyou need topayforfood, aplacetolive,clothing, etc.:
[C]Theyearntheirlivelihood fromfarming.
(Definition oflivelihoodfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

livelihood| Business English

livelihood
noun[C,usually singular,orU]
uk
/ˈlaɪvlihʊd/us
themoneyapersonneedstopayforfood, aplacetolive, etc. and the way ofearningthismoney:
Thefallingordersfor newshipsmeanthat manyshipyardworkersarelikelytolosetheirlivelihood.
Thedroughtisthreateningthe livelihoodoffarmersin theregion.
Ifyourlivelihooddependsonsellingcars,boats, andfurnituretopeople, you don'twantpeopletosave.
(Definition oflivelihoodfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflivelihood

livelihood
The extensive chapter on abolition, for example, skims over modes of liberation, the roles of families and post-liberation livelihoods.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Farming, fishing, and (for a time early in the 1900s) the timber industry have provided the primarylivelihoodfor residents.
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They received no material support from their surviving children, and had no other form of income orlivelihood.
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People would not want to jeopardise theirlivelihoodby falsifying their reports or by fiddling with the coupons, or so the logic went.
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At the same time, urbanlivelihoodcame under pressure with the changing place of irregular settlements in the urban environment.
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Lifecourse transitions are not necessarily linear and irreversible, and parent-child livelihoods may remain critically inter-dependent even after children marry and leave home.
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But an improved variety will only bring a marginal and small contribution to theirlivelihood.
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Livelihoodactivities are adapted in line with general societal transformations, reflecting decades of influence by forces of modernisation.
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The latter live in a narrow social and physical environment closely tied to land because it provides the only means oflivelihood.
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What is more, sustainable livelihoods for the poor remain a distant dream.
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People's livelihoods are divine gifts that require effort, not idle submission to nature.
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These poor people often depend on environmental degradation for their livelihoods.
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Next, the resulting impacts on household food security, farmers' incomes and livelihoods are discussed.
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She finds that thelivelihoodapproach facilitates the analysis of the multiple points of stress which constrain household choices.
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Many poor people, particularly in developing countries, rely on natural resources for theirlivelihood, and these people are very vulnerable to deterioration in the resource.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithlivelihood

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alternative livelihood
One explanation for this is the growing landlessness in rural areas due to population pressure and limitedalternativelivelihoodopportunities.
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decent livelihood
This makes it increasingly difficult for them to obtain customers and so earn a decent livelihood.
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Hansard archive
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livelihood activity
This is mainly because the main livelihood activity in these villages is cultivation and the main source of irrigation is wells.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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