livings

英 [ˈlɪvɪŋz]

美 [ˈlɪvɪŋz]

n.  生计; 谋生; 收入; 生活方式; 活着的人
living的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 生计；饭碗
  The work that you do for alivingis the work that you do in order to earn the money that you need.
  1. Father never talked about what he did for a living...
     父亲从不谈他的谋生之道。
  2. He earns his living doing all kinds of things.
     他做各种各样的活计来谋生。
• N-UNCOUNT 生活质量；生活素质；生活（方式）
  You uselivingwhen you are talking about the quality of people's daily lives.
  1. Olivia has always been a model of healthy living.
     奥利维娅一向是健康生活的楷模。
  2. ...the stresses of urban living.
     城市生活的压力
• ADJ 居住的；起居的
  You uselivingto talk about the places where people relax when they are not working.
  1. The spacious living quarters were on the second floor...
     宽敞的生活区位于3楼。
  2. The study links the main living area to the kitchen.
     书房把主要的生活区与厨房连在一起。
• N-PLURAL 生者；活着的人们
  Thelivingare people who are alive, rather than people who have died.
  1. The young man is dead. We have only to consider the living.
     这位年轻人已经死了。我们只能考虑在生之人。
• PHRASE 艰难度日，勉强糊口（美国英语中作scrape out a living或scratch out a living）
  If you say that someonescrapes a livingorscratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say theyscrape out a livingorscratch out a living.
  1. He almost manages to scrape a living as an artist.
     他靠当艺术家来勉强混口饭吃。
• living proof→ see:proof

双语例句

• Poetry cannot determine the normality of our livings, yet poetry is the most core part of your spiritual world.
  诗歌并不能决定我们的生活常态，诗歌却是我们精神世界里最核心的部分。
• Market makers earn their livings from the spread between buying and selling prices.
  做市商靠赚取买卖价差生存。
• Actors, musicians, and performers earn their livings based at least partly on how they look.
  演员、音乐家和表演家至少在部分程度上是靠脸吃饭的。
• Excellent or bad of resident comfort is an important symbol of people's living quality. With increasing of the matters and livings 'level, people have brought forward more and more strict requests to resident comfort.
  住宅舒适性的优劣是人们生活质量高低的一个重要标志，随着物质文化和生活水平的不断提高，人们对居住舒适性提出了越来越高的要求。
• Sinsing district was old-times dakangpu, which was barely a wasteland, and the residents majorly made their livings by cultivation.
  新兴区是旧称的大港埔，以前是一望无际的荒野，居民多半以务农为生。
• Its good performance also indicated the success of CIFF's trial of extention from purely interior furniture to the combination of indoor and outdoor livings.
  广州户外及休闲展的精彩亮相意味着广州家具展将室内家居扩展至户外生活领域的尝试获得成功！
• Strengthening construction of villages and towns is an important means to promote rural economic development and increase farmers 'income, to improve and enhance the quality of farmers livings.
  村镇建设是新农村建设的一个重要内容，加强村镇建设是推动农村经济发展和促进农民增收的重要手段；是全面改善和提高农民生活质量的必然选择。
• How art and design ideas make cities, livings and the world beautiful?
  艺术与设计意念如何使城市、世界与生活变得美好？
• Through working, people are able to earn their livings, to accomplish the sense of satisfaction and achievement.
  通过工作，人们不仅可赚取生活所需，还可以获得满足感和成就感。
• Babula and his father Dooma lived happily in the Kabula Star, but they had never forgotten the livings from the universe that come to the Kabula Star for visits.
  巴布拉和父亲继续快乐地生活在卡巴拉星球上，但是，他们没有忘记每次来到他们星球游玩的外来生物，因为他们都是熊猫一族的好朋友。