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adjectivenoun all living things所有生物 living organisms活的机体 the finest living pianist健在的最杰出的钢琴家 The elephant is the biggest living land animal. living languages (= those still spoken)现用语言 a living faith现今有人信奉的信仰 Get out or I’ll beat the living daylights out of you! These figures are living proof of the government's incompetence. He is living proof that not all engineers are boring. 并非所有工程师都缺乏情趣，他就是活生生的例子。 the coldest winter in living memory人们记忆中最寒冷的冬天 She earns her living as a freelance journalist. 她靠做自由撰稿记者来维持生计。 to make a good/decent/meagre living过优裕的／体面的／贫困的生活 What do you do for a living? 你靠什么谋生？ to scrape/scratch a living from part-time tutoring靠做兼职家庭教师勉强维持生活 everyday living日常生活 communal living集体生活 plain living简朴的生活 Their standard of living is very low. 他们的生活水平很低。 The cost of living has risen sharply. 生活费用已急剧上涨。 poor living conditions/standards恶劣的生活条件；低下的生活水准 the living and the dead生者与死者 I’m glad to see you’re back in the land of the living. We were worried about you. By lunchtime I’d returned to the land of the living. He asked what I did for a living. He makes a good living as a builder. Her dream was to earn her living as a singer. She eked out a meagre living as an artist’s model. Ten acres provides a decent living for a rural family. They were forced to scrape a living by selling things on the streets. Most homes for the elderly are based on communal living, with pensioners spending the daytime in a common space. The classes are about helping children make informed choices about healthy living. The prisoners’ living conditions were appalling. We need to reconsider our daily living arrangements. |