音标:['liviŋ] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 生活, 生计, 生存
a. 活的, 逼真的, 现存的
n. people who are still living
a. pertaining to living persons
s. true to life; lifelike
s. (informal) absolute
词型变化:名词复数形式 : livings
考试类型:[高考/四级/六级/考研]
词性分布:
名词63%
形容词37%

living的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. I'll tell you a secret that I have never told a living soul.我要告诉你一个我从未告诉过任何人的秘密。
  2. He was the greatest living novelist in England.他是英国活着的最伟大的小说家。
  3. The wilderness is a living museum of natural history.这片荒野是一座活生生的自然历史博物馆。
用作名词(n.)
  1. The judge advised him to amend his way of living.法官劝告他改变生活方式。
  2. We should improve what is called the quality of living.我们应该改进所谓的生活品质。
  3. What do you do for a living?你以什么谋生?

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. He had ascertained that his son-in-law was among the living prisoners.他已查明,他女婿在活着的囚犯之中。
  2. They didn't find any living things there.他们在那儿没发现任何生物。
  3. All living things need air, water and sunlight.一切生物都需要空气、水和阳光。
  4. He is the greatest living poet.他是当代最伟大的诗人。
  5. The blue whale is the world's largest living animal.蓝鲸是世界上最大的动物。
  6. English is a living language.英语是现代使用着的语言。
  7. My family has a living picture on the wall.我家墙上有一幅逼真的图画。
  8. The child is the living image of his father.这孩子和他父亲长得一模一样。
n. +~
  1. No man living could do better.现代人没有一个能做得比这更好的了。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. Is the old man still living?那老人还活着吗?
  2. Some of the plants are dead, but most of them are still living.这些植物中有些已经死了,可是大部分还活着。
  3. Shelly was still living when Keats died.济慈死时,雪莱还在世。
用作名词(n.)
  1. It may not be the best job in the world, but it's a living.尽管这不是世界上最好的工作,但不失为生活的出路。
  2. In those years they were forced to beg for a living.那些年他们被迫出去讨饭。
  3. He was condemned to touring the whole country for a living.他为生活所迫而走遍全国。
  4. She dreams of the day when she will be playing the piano for a living.她梦想着有朝一日,能以演奏钢琴为生。
  5. She tried to pick up a humble living by selling baskets that she had made by hand.她设法卖些自己编织的篮子挣钱糊口。
  6. What does he do for a living?他靠什么来生活?
  7. They enjoy good living.他们过着美好的生活。
  8. Brasilia has been carefully planned for modern living.巴西利亚是为现代生活而精心设计的。
  9. The living in the convent narrowed her views.修道院生活使她的视野变窄。
  10. The prisoners are revolting against living conditions in the prisons by refusing to eat.囚犯以绝食来抗议监狱里的生活条件。
  11. My pension is sufficient for living expenses.我的退休金足以满足生活花销。
  12. When father lost his job, our living expenses had to be cut to the bone.当父亲失业后,我们的花费不得不降低到最低程度。
  13. As production has developed, the living standard of the peasants has risen considerably.农民的生活水平随着生产的发展而大大提高。
  14. It shall be our constant endeavour to help improve the living standard of our people.我们应该不断努力设法改善我国人民的生活水平。
  15. Both the cost and the standard of living were lower before the war.战前生活费用和生活水准都很低。
  16. A reduced standard of living will develop from increasing taxation and rising unemployment.捐税的增长和失业人数的上升将会导致生活水平的降低。
  17. The workers marched through the streets with flags and banners to demonstrate against the rising cost of living.工人们在街上游行,手执旗帜示威,抗议生活费用的高涨。
  18. Wage increases were eaten up by the rise in the cost of living.工资的增加全给生活费用的上涨抵消掉了。
  19. Mr. Pearson's income allows of no extravagance in his way of living.皮尔逊先生的收入不允许他过奢侈的生活。
  20. From his manner of dress and style of living,I guess that he is a man of considerable means.从他的穿着式样和生活方式看,我揣想,他是个相当富有的人。
  21. He dissipated the family fortune in only a few years of wild living.他仅仅几年的放荡生活就把家财挥一空。

常用短语

用作形容词(adj.)
be living proof of
    活证明 show sth by the fact that one is alive
用作名词(n.)
earn a/one's living
    谋生,维持生活 get what is necessary for life;make a living
make a living
    赚钱过活 gain enough money to support oneself or one's family

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
  • living description生动的描述
  • living interest强烈的兴趣
  • living language现代语
  • living mind活跃的思维
  • living things生物
  • living time紧张时期
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • earn a living谋生
  • earn one's own living自谋生计
  • gain a living谋生
  • get a living谋生
  • make a living谋生
  • make a good living过优裕的生活
  • offer living提供食宿
  • pick up a living谋生
  • win a living生活
形容词+~
  • bare living仅仅维持的生活
  • comfortable living舒适的生活
  • correct living正当的生活
  • fine living优质的生活
  • good living优裕的生活
  • high living奢侈的生活
  • honest living正当的生活
  • hungry living食不果腹的生活
  • plain living朴素的生活
  • quiet living安静的生活
  • right living正当的生活
  • wild living放荡的生活
  • wrong living不正当的生活
~+名词
  • living conditions生活条件
  • living expenses生活费用
  • living standard生活水平
介词+~
  • depend on rice for living以大米为主食
  • make shoes for a living以制鞋为生
  • cost of living生活费用
  • means of living谋生方法〔手段〕
  • style of living生活方式
  • the art of living生活的艺术
  • way of living生活方式
~+介词
  • living as靠…为生
  • living by以…为生

经典引文

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