living

英 [ˈlɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˈlɪvɪŋ]

adj.  活着的; 活的; 在使用的; 在实施的
n.  生计; 谋生; 收入; 生活方式; 活着的人
v.  住; 居住; 生存; 活着; (尤指在某时期)活着
live的现在分词

现在分词：living　复数：livings　

高考CET4CET6考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1950 / COCA.1329

同义词辨析

livinglivelihood【导航词义：生计】

aliveanimateliving【导航词义：活着的】

习惯用语

adj.

be living proof of sth/that…
• （用行动或品格）证明…属实
  to show by your actions or qualities that a particular fact is true
• 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。
within/in living memory
• 在仍活着的人们的记忆中；记忆犹新
  at a time, or during the time, that is remembered by people still alive
• the coldest winter in living memory
  人们记忆中最寒冷的冬天
frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of sb
• 吓得某人六神无主（或魂飞魄散）
  to frighten sb very much

n.

in the land of the living
• 醒着；活着；在人世；康复
  awake or alive or no longer ill/sick

牛津词典

adj.

• 活着的；活的
  alive now
  1. all living things
     所有生物
  2. living organisms
     活的机体
  3. the finest living pianist
     當世的最杰出的钢琴家
• 在使用的；在实施的
  used or practised now
  1. living languages (= those still spoken)
     现用语言
  2. a living faith
     仍有人信奉的信仰

noun

• 生计；谋生；收入
  money to buy the things that you need in life
  1. She earns her living as a freelance journalist.
     她靠做自由撰稿记者来维持生计。
  2. to make a good/decent/meagre living
     过优裕的 / 体面的 / 贫困的生活
  3. What do you do for a living ?
     你靠什么谋生？
  4. to scrape/scratch a living from part-time tutoring
     靠做兼职家庭教师勉强维持生活
• 生活方式
  a way or style of life
  1. everyday living
     日常生活
  2. communal living
     集体生活
  3. plain living
     简朴的生活
  4. Their standard of living is very low.
     他们的生活水平很低。
  5. The cost of living has risen sharply.
     生活费用已急剧上涨。
  6. poor living conditions/standards
     恶劣的生活条件；低下的生活水准
• 活着的人
  people who are alive now
  1. the living and the dead
     生者与死者
• （尤指旧时）有俸金住房的牧师职位
  (especially in the past) a position in the Church as a priest and the income and house that go with this

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

英英释义

noun

• the experience of being alive
  1. he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
  Synonym:life
• people who are still living
  1. save your pity for the living
• the financial means whereby one lives
  1. each child was expected to pay for their keep
  2. he applied to the state for support
  3. he could no longer earn his own livelihood
  Synonym:supportkeeplivelihoodbread and buttersustenance
• the condition of living or the state of being alive
  1. while there's life there's hope
  2. life depends on many chemical and physical processes
  Synonym:animationlifealiveness

adj

• (informal) absolute
  1. she is a living doll
  2. scared the living daylights out of them
  3. beat the living hell out of him
• still in active use
  1. a living language
• still in existence
  1. the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil
  2. the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania
  Synonym:surviving
• true to life
  1. the living image of her mother
• pertaining to living persons
  1. within living memory

双语例句

• We are living in a great historic era.
  我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。
• The couple had been living together for 16 years.
  这对情侣已经同居了16年。
• The spacious living quarters were on the second floor
  宽敞的生活区位于3楼。
• Life is not worth living without food you can look forward to and enjoy!
  如果没有美食可以让人期待和享受，那人生还有什么意思！
• She feels it's a small price to pay for the pleasure of living in this delightful house.
  她觉得，和住在这套令人愉快的房子里的那种快乐相比，这点代价不算大。
• As the economy develops, the living conditions of the people have been improved accordingly.
  经济发展了，人民的生活水平也随着提高了。
• Bookshelves occupied most of the living room walls.
  这些书架占了起居室的大部分墙面。
• The boy has reached an adult age and ought to be earning his own living.
  这孩子已经（到了）成年，应该自食其力了。
• Today he does not have to worry about making a living.
  现在他不用为生活发愁了。
• If I can't make a living at painting, at least I can teach someone else to paint
  如果我不能靠画画谋生，至少我可以教别人画画。