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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

living ['lɪvɪŋ]
  1. 1. adjective [+author] [ relative] 在世的
  2. 2. noun [u] (life) 生活
  3. 3. n pl the living 活着人们
    for a living
    作为谋生之道
    to earn {or} make a/one's living
    谋生
    within living memory
    当今人们所能记住

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

living [ˈlɪvɪŋ]
  1. 1. n.[c] 生活
  2. 2. noun [Person Name] 利文
  3. 3. n.[c] 活着的人,生者
    Save your pity for the living.
    你的怜悯留给活人吧。
  4. 4. n.[c] 生存活着
  5. 5. n.[c] 生计
  6. 6. n.[u] 生活方式
  7. 7. adjective 活着的人的,生者的
  8. 8. adjective 逼真的,栩栩如生
  9. 9. adjective [Spoken] 绝对的十足
    She is a living doll.
    就是活生生洋娃娃
  10. 10. adjective 尚存的,未死的
    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.
    澳大利亚找到的瓦勒迈松是一种长期以来一直认为已经绝迹针叶树幸存树种因此称为活化石
  11. 11. adjective 仍在使用
  12. 12. adjective 原生的,未经开采
  13. 13. adjective 充满活力的充满生气
  14. 14. adjective 居住的适合居住的

Collins English-English Dictionary

living ['lɪvɪŋ]
  1. 1. adj possessing life; not dead
  2. 2. adj (as collective noun preceded by the)
    the living
  3. 3. adj having the characteristics of life (used esp to distinguish organisms from nonliving matter)
  4. 4. adj currently in use or valid
    living language
  5. 5. adj seeming to be real
    a living image
  6. 6. adj (of animals or plants) existing in the present age; extant - Compare extinct
  7. 7. adj another word for live
  8. 8. adj [geology] presented by actors before a live audience
    living theatre
  9. 9. adj [prenominal] (intensifier)
    the living daylights
  10. 10. n the condition of being alive
  11. 11. n the manner in which one conducts one's life
    fast living
  12. 12. n the means, esp the financial means, whereby one lives
  13. 13. n another term for benefice
  14. 14. n [Church of England] [modifier] of, involving, or characteristic of everyday life
    living area
  15. 15. n [modifier] of or involving those now alive (esp in the phrase living memory)

Examples

The city experienced an average cost of Living during the fourth quarter of 2007, according to the Cost of Living Index.
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。
Horses were there to earn their living, or rather his living.
那些马匹在那儿为他们谋生,或者更确切地说,为他谋生。
What does he do for a living?
他做什么工作来维持生计?
to haul coal for a living
为生计(用车等)装运煤
an honest living
正当的生计

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