英语释义

1. to earn the money one needs to pay for housing, food, etc.
He made a living by working as a cook.

片语

Make a living dead做一个活着的死人

make a bare living勉强过活

earn a living谋生；活命

make a living by通过......谋生

make a meagre living糊口

make e a living谋生

to make a living挣钱

make a living wandering自己去闯

keep the pot boiling谋生；维持生活

英汉例句

• no matter how you make a living or who you think you work for, you only work for one person, yourself.

  不管你以何谋生或者为谁工作，你都是在为一个人工作，那就是自己。

• however, if your plan b is something you’re passionate about and you feel you can do it better than most and make a living at it, why not give it all you’ve got?

  然而，如果你的b计划让你充满激情，而你同时又感觉你能比大多数人做的更好，且能以之谋生的话，为什么不放手一搏呢？

• he leaves his office job to try to make a living on the land.

  他辞去了办公室的工作,改以务农为生.

• after leaving, and discovering that she could make a living from singing and modelling jobs, she set off down a road trodden by many pretty girls from small-town america, and drove to la.

  离开乐队后，她意识到可以靠唱歌和做模特来谋生，于是，她像许多来自美国的小城镇的漂亮女孩那样，怀揣明星梦踏上了去往洛杉矶的路。

• she heard that it was easier to make a living in the big cities.

  她听说大城市谋生容易些.

• this pits those who make a living from taking people to see the animals against those who shoot them.

  这引起了那些从看动物的游人身上赚钱谋生的人们与射杀动物的人之间的沖突。

• we are living in the most exciting time in history to be a writer, to publish your ideas, to make a living helping others.

  我们正生活在史上最令人兴奋的时代，可以做写手，去发表自己的想法，去靠帮助别人谋生。

• i just saw you pass by, but can you really make a living doing that?

  贵公司的传单我看过了这也算叫做生意?

• though he was not dry behind the ears, he had to make a living by himself.

  他虽未成年, 但得自己谋生.

• is it possible, or even desirable, to make a living as an artist in the theatre? the blogging community has been chewing it over.

  你认为仅仅靠当一名剧院的艺人谋生是可能甚至是理想的吗？这个话题在博客社区引起了激烈的讨论。

• although her work was quite popular, she was unable to make a living with her writing.

  尽管她的作品仍然很爱欢迎，但她却不能靠她的写作维持生活。

• i get that. i understand the reality of doctors having to make a living in a litigious climate in which any mistake or oversight can mean the end of their livelihood, and their financial security.

  我理解这一点，我理解医生们的实际处境：他们不得不在容易引起官司的环境中谋生，任何失误或忽略都可能会意味着他们的谋生之路走到了尽头，他们的财源就会被切断。

• that dumb bastard probably couldn「t make a living before the war.

  这个蠢蛋,在战前八成儿连口饭都混不上吃呢.

• he is prepared to make a living by accepting any remunerative chore.

  为了生计,他準备接受任何有酬报的杂活.

• we all have to make a living , have a sense of purpose and fulfillment, and stay healthy in order to achieve a life in the real world.

  我们所有的人都必须谋生，都必须要有目的和成就感，都必须保持健康以便于在真实世界里获得自己的生活。

• that led to paid work in advertising and eventually, the ability to make a living in music.

  这让他得到了一份有报酬的广告工作，并让他终于能够靠音乐谋生。

• there are obviously two educations.one should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

  教育显然有两种：一种是教人怎样谋生，另一种是教人怎样生活。

• many farmers have to depend on subsidies to make a living wage.

  许多农民的基本生活工资要靠补贴来维持。

• all over the southern midwest states, farmers, no longer able to make a living because of land banks, weather, and machine farming, had sold or were forced out of the farms they had tenanted.

  由于土地银行、天气和机器耕作等种种原因，南方所有中西部各州无法谋生的农民不是卖掉了土地，便是被迫退出他们租佃的土地。

• how can people make a living in this arid area?

  这片不毛之地上的人们怎么谋生 呢 ?

• it」s make a living and there is still garbage and different and they bring here organic wastes, causing great health problems.

  他们在这里生活,随处都是垃圾,他们制造出许多有机废物，给健康带来威胁。