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 CET4 CET6 考研

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

同义词辨析

living livelihood【导航词义：生计】

livingn. 生计；收入

〔辨析〕

指挣钱的方式或赚取的收入。

〔例证〕

He took the job for a living.
为了生计，他接受了这份工作。
Many young farmers have come to big cities to make a living.
许多年轻的农民来到大城市谋生。

livelihoodn. 生计，谋生

〔辨析〕

指赖以为生的手段，通常依靠某种职业。

〔例证〕

Playing in a band is my livelihood.
在乐队里演奏是我的谋生之道。
She earned her livelihood by teaching.
她以教书为生。

alive animate living【导航词义：活着的】

aliveadj. 活着的

〔辨析〕

指相对死亡而言的，通常作表语，且不可用 very 修饰，应用 much 或 very much，作定语时须置于被修饰名词后面。

〔例证〕

He is still alive.
他还活着。（意为他本来有死的可能，但没有死）
She is one of the greatest women still alive.
她是现今依然活着的最伟大的女人之一。

animateadj. 〈正式〉有生命的，有生气的

〔辨析〕

指相对石头、机器等无生命体而言的。

〔例证〕

animate beings
生物
The tiger lay so still that it scarcely seemed animate.
那只老虎躺着一动不动，简直不像活的。

livingadj. 活着的，健在的

〔辨析〕

指“在某某时候是活着的”，用于修饰有生命的人或物，既可作表语，也可作定语。

〔例证〕

Other living beings might exist in outer space.
外层空间也许有其他生物存在。
He is one among the living men.
他是那些活着的人之一。

试比较：
Old Tom is still living.
老汤姆依然活着。（强调继续生存下去）
Old Tom is lucky to be alive.
老汤姆能活着实属幸运。（强调没有死去）

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

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

They have been living under the most appalling conditions for two months.
他们已经在恶劣不堪的条件下生活两个月了。
The spacious living quarters were on the second floor
宽敞的生活区位于3楼。
We can start living a normal life again now.
我们现在可以重新过上正常的生活了。
I have very fond memories of living in our village.
我对乡村生活有着十分美好的回忆。
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。
Father never talked about what he did for a living
父亲从不谈他的谋生之道。
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。
Olivia has always been a model of healthy living.
奥利维娅一向是健康生活的楷模。
I too dreamed of living in London one day
我也梦想过将来有一天能住在伦敦。
We are living in a great historic era.
我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。