词源词根法
live(e略)活+-ing
adj.
n.
单词解说
living作形容词的基本意思是“活着的”,指长久存在,活力经久不衰,可用于人也可用于物,还可用于比喻。living在句中作定语时,既可前置也可后置。引申可作“现存的;在使用中的”“逼真的,生动的”解。
living无比较级和最高级形式。
重要短语
living environment生活环境
living room客厅,起居室
living standard生活水平,生活标准
standard of living生活水平;生活标准
Though he was not dry behind the ears, he had to make a living by himself.
他虽未成年, 但得自己谋生.
来源:《简明英汉词典》生活费的下降和工农业产品价格的下降有着密切关系.
来源:《简明英汉词典》The writer, an expatriate living in Singapore, has studied and worked in the US.
作者曾在美国读书和工作, 目前旅居新加坡.
来源:《简明英汉词典》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.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》Living in a high building tends to insulate us from the real life of the city.
住在高楼大厦中容易使我们与城市的现实生活相隔绝.
来源:《简明英汉词典》他跟父母住在一起时从来没开心过, 所以他尽早离开家,有了自己的小窝.
来源:《简明英汉词典》Christianity is a living faith which has shaped the history of Britain.
基督教塑造了英国的历史,而且至今还有人信奉.
来源:《简明英汉词典》Better living conditions mean more live births and fewer stillbirths.
生活条件改善就会有较多的活产,较少的死产.
来源:《简明英汉词典》People's jaws drop when Tom tells them what he does for a living.
当汤姆告诉人们他以什么谋生时,他们脸上露出了失望的神情.
来源:《简明英汉词典》It is a superstitious idea that the ghost can cast a living man under a spell.
鬼魂能迷住人是一种迷信的观念.
来源:《简明英汉词典》You have to balance the advantages of living in a big city against the disadvantages.
你必须权衡住在大城市的利与弊。
来源:互联网Please don't crash around the living room while I have visitors in there.
我有客人时,请不要在客厅里踢踢撞撞的.
来源:《简明英汉词典》By living a blue moon with the Indians, he was assimilated to them in his thinking and actions.
由于长期和印第安人共同生活, 他在思想和行动上都被他们同化了.
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