Living
[ 'lɪvɪŋ ]
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adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 词根助记
liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
📝 例句
All the living presidents attended Nixon's funeral.
所有活着的总统参加了尼克松的葬礼。
He will have to amend his style of living.
他将必须改善其生活方式。
Are you living at home or in digs?
你住在家里还是住在寄宿舍？
a living language
仍在使用的语言
Early-modern governments were engaged in a precarious hand-to-mouth living.
早期近代的政府也是过着不安定的，收入仅敷支出的日子。
🌱 联想助记
【记】living-生话,giving-礼物:生活中经常收到礼物
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
living
adj
1 alive, esp now 活的; 活著的
all living things 所有生物
the finest living pianist 在世的最好的钢琴家
No man living could have done better. 当今的人没有一个能做得更好.
2 used or practised; active 在使用的; 实施著的; 活动中的
living languages, ie those still spoken 现用的语言
a living hope, faith, reality 现存的希望、 仍在信奉的信仰、 活生生的现实.
3 (idm 习语) a ,living `legend person who has achieved great fame during his lifetime and is still alive 活著的名人. be living proof of sth show sth by the fact that one is alive 活证明
He is living proof of the wonders of modern medicine. 他是当代医学奇迹的活证明. within/in ,living `memory at a time, or during the time, remembered by people still alive 在当今人的记忆中
Wages were sixpence a week within living memory. 周工资为六便士的年代, 人们记忆犹新.
the coldest winter in living memory 人们记忆中最寒冷的冬天.
living n
1 [C usu sing 通常作单数]
(a) means of keeping alive or of living in a certain style; income 生存之道; 生计; 收入
earn one's living as a journalist, by/from writing 做记者、 靠写作谋生
make a good, an adequate, a meagre, etc living 过优裕的、 小康的、 贫困的...生活.
(b) way of earning this 谋生之道
It may not be the best job in the world, but it's a living. 尽管这不是世界上最好的工作, 但不失为生活的出路.
2 [U] manner of life 生活方式
Both the cost and the standard of living were lower before the war. 战前生活费用和生活水准都比较低.
understand the art of living, ie how to live a worthwhile, satisfying life 懂得生活的艺术.
3 [C] (religion 宗) clergyman's position, providing his income; benefice 牧师的俸金.
4 (idm 习语) scrape a living => scrape1.
🎯 考研助记
后缀:ing (形容词词尾)表示...的,正在...的
🔁 扩展释义
*['liviŋ]n. 生活, 生计, 生存a. 活的, 逼真的, 现存的【医】 生活
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There's no need for that. We'll have dinner another time.
不必为那件事惭愧。我们改个时间再共进晚餐吧。
Next Annie took me by the hand and taught me how to jump.
接着，她又拉着我的手，教我如何跳。
The main school holidays are from mid-December till early February when the days are long and warm.
学校主要的假期从12月中旬起至第二年的2月初为止，这段时间白昼很长，气候也暖和。