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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- living
['lɪvɪŋ]
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1.
adjective
[+author]
[ relative]
在世的
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2.
noun
[u]
(life) 生活
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3.
n pl
the living 活着的人们
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for a living
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作为谋生之道
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to earn {or} make a/one's living
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谋生
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within living memory
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就当今人们所能记住的
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- living
[ˈlɪvɪŋ]
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1.
n.[c]
生活
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2.
noun
[Person Name]
利文
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3.
n.[c]
活着的人,生者
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Save your pity for the living.
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将你的怜悯留给活人吧。
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4.
n.[c]
生存,活着
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5.
n.[c]
生计
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6.
n.[u]
生活方式
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7.
adjective
活着的人的,生者的
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8.
adjective
逼真的,栩栩如生的
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9.
adjective
[Spoken]
绝对的,十足的
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She is a living doll.
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她就是个活生生的洋娃娃。
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10.
adjective
尚存的,未死的
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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.
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在澳大利亚找到的瓦勒迈松是一种长期以来一直被认为已经绝迹的针叶树的幸存树种,因此被称为活化石。
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11.
adjective
仍在使用的
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12.
adjective
原生的,未经开采的
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13.
adjective
充满活力的,充满生气的
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14.
adjective
居住的,适合居住的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- living
['lɪvɪŋ]
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1.
adj
possessing life; not dead
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2.
adj
(as collective noun preceded by the)
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the living
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3.
adj
having the characteristics of life (used esp to distinguish organisms from nonliving matter)
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4.
adj
currently in use or valid
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living language
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5.
adj
seeming to be real
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a living image
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6.
adj
(of animals or plants) existing in the present age; extant - Compare extinct
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7.
adj
another word for live
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8.
adj
[geology]
presented by actors before a live audience
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living theatre
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9.
adj
[prenominal]
(intensifier)
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the living daylights
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10.
n
the condition of being alive
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11.
n
the manner in which one conducts one's life
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fast living
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12.
n
the means, esp the financial means, whereby one lives
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13.
n
another term for benefice
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14.
n
[Church of England]
[modifier]
of, involving, or characteristic of everyday life
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living area
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15.
n
[modifier]
of or involving those now alive (esp in the phrase living memory)
Examples
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The city experienced an average cost of Living during the fourth quarter of 2007, according to the Cost of Living Index.
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生活消费指数显示,该市2007年第四季度生活消费处在平均值上。
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Horses were there to earn their living, or rather his living.
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那些马匹在那儿为他们谋生,或者更确切地说,为他谋生。
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What does he do for a living?
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他做什么工作来维持生计?
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to haul coal for a living
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为生计(用车等)装运煤
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an honest living
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正当的生计
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