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Word family  noun liveliness living livelihood adjective live lively living liveable verb live outlive relive liven up adverb live

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++liv·ing1 /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ ●●○ adjective  1  LIVING/ALIVEalive now 活的，活着的 OPP dead He’s one of the greatest living composers. 他是仍然健在的最伟大的作曲家之一。 The sun affects all living things (=people, animals, and plants). 太阳与一切生物息息相关。 a living language (=one that people still use) 活语言，仍在使用的语言2  living proof EXAMPLEif someone is living proof of a particular fact, they are a good example of how true it is 活生生的证据living proof (that) I’m living proof that you don’t need a college degree to be successful. 没有大学学位也能获得成功，我就是一个活生生的例子。living proof of the living proof of government economic incompetence 政府在经济上无能的一个明证3  in/within living memory ALWAYS/FOREVERduring the time that anyone can remember 在人们尚存的记忆里 It was the worst storm in living memory. 这是人们记忆中最严重的风暴。4. a living death a life that is so unpleasant that it seems better to be dead 生不如死的生活5  a living hell a very unpleasant situation that makes you suffer for a long time 人间地狱 These past few days have been a living hell. 过去这几天真是人间地狱。6  living legend someone who is famous for being extremely good at something, and who still does that activity 〔某方面极为杰出的〕活着的传奇人物 His music has made him a living legend. 他的音乐使他成为当今的传奇人物。 → scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of somebody at daylight(3), → beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebody/something at daylight(4)

Examples from the Corpus

living• one of the greatest living composers• In return for your resignation, I am offering you the opportunity to study a dreadful disease in a living laboratory.• It was the most dramatic and outspoken resignation speech in living memory.• Seamus Heaney is Ireland's greatest living poet.• A brother in Australia is Mary's only living relative.• In the long-term the cost was a noticeable drop in our living standards at home.living things• How are we like and different from other living things? 2.• An ocean is full of living things.• As the sun heated up photosynthesis, the carbon was moved from air to living things by measurable amounts.• The ability to reproduce is what makes living things different from rocks.• The influence of water upon living things does not end here.• The first living things evolved in its absence, and many organisms even today still respire without its aid.• Gardens can be thriving, living things in more ways than one.• Ecology is the study of how living things relate to their environment.• They and starving cats are the only living things surviving among the shattered buildings and corrugated iron shacks.living2 ●○○ noun  1  [countable usually singular]JOB/TASK the way that you earn money or the money that you earn 生计；收入 It’s not a great job, but it’s a living. 这不是什么了不起的工作，不过是一种生计。 What do you do for a living? (=what do you do as a job?) 你是做什么营生的？earn/make a living It’s hard to make a decent living as a musician. 当音乐家很难过上体面的生活。scrape/scratch a living (=get just enough to eat or live) 勉强维持生活2. the living LIVING/ALIVEall the people who are alive as opposed to dead people 生者，活着的人 OPP the dead3  [uncountable]LIFE the way in which someone lives their life 生活方式 the stresses of city living 城市生活的压力4. [countable]RRC the position or income of a parish priest 教区牧师的圣职[圣俸] → cost of living, standard of living, → in the land of the living at land1(7)n COLLOCATIONSverbsearn/make a livingShe was able to make a living out of her talents as a cook.do something for a living (=to work at something as your job)'What does he do for a living?' 'I think he's a taxi driver.'scrape out/scratch out/eke out a living (=to barely earn enough money to live)The farmers in these drought-stricken areas are barely able to scratch out a living.adjectivesa good/decent living (=enough money)Her husband makes a good living.a meagre living British English, a meager living American English (=not much money)She earned a meagre living as a shop assistant.

Examples from the Corpus

living• the harsh realities of city living• These inventories, therefore, give a sound idea of the standard of living of thousands of ordinary people.• The standard of living is another key measure which has its origins in the same source.• Despite Zborowski's frantic efforts to sell his work, Modigliani's living was still very precarious.• But the movie character and the real-life teacher do share a mutual dream of earning their livings as composers of music.do for a living• All the way along, of course, I wondered what I would eventually do for a living.• What does he do for a living?• He was asked what he did for a living.• It's what I do for a living.• Or for guessing what this pair do for a living.• Like if you are married, and what you do for a living apart from this.• I don't know what you do for a living but you obviously don't know much about the real world.• FreeI.net doesn't care about your name, your address, your age, or what you do for a living.From Longman Business Dictionarylivingliv‧ing /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ noun [singular] the way in which you earn money in order to live, or the money that you earnIt is becoming more and more difficult just to earn a living.He was able to make a living as an actor.I don’t know what he does for a living. → see also cost of living, standard of living

liv·ing1 adjectiveliving2 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

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liv‧ing¹ /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ adjective1. alive now
   OPP  dead:
    He’s one of the greatest living composers.
    The sun affects all living things (=people, animals, and plants).
    a living language (=one that people still use)
2. living proof if someone is living proof of a particular fact, they are a good example of how true it is
    living proof (that)
    I’m living proof that you don’t need a college degree to be successful.
    living proof of
    the living proof of government economic incompetence
3. in/within living memory during the time that anyone can remember:
    It was the worst storm in living memory.
4. a living death a life that is so unpleasant that it seems better to be dead
5. a living hell a very unpleasant situation that makes you suffer for a long time:
    These past few days have been a living hell.
6. living legend someone who is famous for being extremely good at something, and who still does that activity:
    His music has made him a living legend.
⇨ scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of somebody at daylight(3), ⇨ beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebody/something at daylight(4)

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living² S2 noun1. [countable usually singular] the way that you earn money or the money that you earn:
    It’s not a great job, but it’s a living.
    What do you do for a living? (=what do you do as a job?)
    earn/make a living
    It’s hard to make a decent living as a musician.
    scrape/scratch a living (=get just enough to eat or live)
2. the living all the people who are alive as opposed to dead people
   OPP  the dead
3. [uncountable] the way in which someone lives their life:
    the stresses of city living
4. [countable] the position or income of a parish priest
⇨ cost of living, standard of living, ⇨ in the land of the living at land¹(7)
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ verbs
   ▪ earn/make a living She was able to make a living out of her talents as a cook.
   ▪ do something for a living (=to work at something as your job) 'What does he do for a living?' 'I think he's a taxi driver.'
   ▪ scrape out/scratch out/eke out a living (=to barely earn enough money to live) The farmers in these drought-stricken areas are barely able to scratch out a living.
■ adjectives
   ▪ a good/decent living (=enough money) Her husband makes a good living.
   ▪ a meagre living British English, a meager living American English (=not much money) She earned a meagre living as a shop assistant.