词组 | living |
释义 | adjective | noun living1 adjective THESAURUS > alive (1) adjective | noun living2 noun the way that you earn money or the money that you earnverbsearn/make a living It’s hard to make a living as a musician.do sth for a living (=work at something as your job) What do you do for a living?eke out/scratch/scrape a living (=only just earn enough money to live) They eke out a living selling whatever they can.provide a living The industry provides a living for thousands of people.adjectivesa good/decent/comfortable living (=enough money) Her husband makes a good living.an honest living I’m just trying to earn an honest living.a meagre living BrE a meager living AmE (=not much money) She earned a meagre living as a shop assistant.a precarious living (=likely to get worse at any time) Their father earned a precarious living as a painter. |
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