1. 活（着）的　 alive now
2. 现存的，在使用中的　 existing in use
3. 逼真的，生动的　 exact in likeness

　～ description　生动的描述
　～ interest　强烈的兴趣
　～ language　现代语
　～ mind　活跃的思维
　～ things　生物
　～ time　紧张时期

　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。
　They didn't find any living things there.　他们在那儿没发现任何生物。
　All living things need air, water and sunlight.　一切生物都需要空气、水和阳光。
　He is the greatest living poet.　他是当代最伟大的诗人。
　The blue whale is the world's largest living animal.　蓝鲸是世界上最大的动物。
　English is a living language.　英语是现代使用着的语言。
　My family has a living picture on the wall.　我家墙上有一幅逼真的图画。
　The child is the living image of his father.　这孩子和他父亲长得一模一样。

　No man living could do better.　现代人没有一个能做得比这更好的了。

　Is the old man still living?　那老人还活着吗?
　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。
　Shelly was still living when Keats died.　济慈死时，雪莱还在世。

 ♣ be living proof of
　活证明　show sth by the fact that one is alive
　He is living proof of the wonders of modern medicine.　他是当代医学奇迹的活证明。

 ♣ living, alive, live
　参见alive条。
 ♣ living, life
　参见life条。

1. C 生计，生存之道　 means of keeping alive or of living in a certain style
2. U 生活方式　 manner of life

　earn a ～　谋生
　earn one's own ～　自谋生计
　gain a ～　谋生
　get a ～　谋生
　make a ～　谋生
　make a good ～　过优裕的生活
　offer ～　提供食宿
　pick up a ～　谋生
　win a ～　生活
　bare ～　仅仅维持的生活
　comfortable ～　舒适的生活
　correct ～　正当的生活
　fine ～　优质的生活
　good ～　优裕的生活
　high ～　奢侈的生活
　honest ～　正当的生活
　hungry ～　食不果腹的生活
　plain ～　朴素的生活
　quiet ～　安静的生活
　right ～　正当的生活
　wild ～　放荡的生活
　wrong ～　不正当的生活
　～ conditions　生活条件
　～ expenses　生活费用
　～ standard　生活水平
　depend on rice for ～　以大米为主食
　make shoes for a ～　以制鞋为生
　cost of ～　生活费用
　means of ～　谋生方法〔手段〕
　style of ～　生活方式
　the art of ～　生活的艺术
　way of ～　生活方式
　～ as　靠…为生
　～ by　以…为生

　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。
　In those years they were forced to beg for a living.　那些年他们被迫出去讨饭。
　He was condemned to touring the whole country for a living.　他为生活所迫而走遍全国。
　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。
　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。
　What does he do for a living? 　他靠什么来生活?
　They enjoy good living.　他们过着美好的生活。
　Brasilia has been carefully planned for modern living.　巴西利亚是为现代生活而精心设计的。
　The living in the convent narrowed her views.　修道院生活使她的视野变窄。
　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。
　My pension is sufficient for living expenses.　我的退休金足以满足生活花销。
　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。
　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。
　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。
　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。
　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。
　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。
　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。
　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。
　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。
　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。

 ♣ earn a/one's living
　谋生，维持生活　get what is necessary for life;make a living
　〔说明〕 earn a/one's living通常不用于被动结构。
　How hard it was to earn a living in those days.　那时度日维艰。
　Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.　现今谋生很容易。
　Industrious as he is, he can only earn a bare living.　像他这样勤勉的人亦只能仅仅维持生活。
　Your education will equip you to earn a good living.　你所受的教育将使你能过上好日子。
　You're old enough now to stop playing around and start earning a living.　你已经不小了，别再贪玩了，该开始谋生了。
　He earns his living as a motor car driver.　他当汽车司机维持生活。
　How are Joyce and Louis earning their livings these days?　近来乔伊斯和路易斯何以谋生?
　Lally will leave him for a while and earn her own living.　拉莉将暂时离开他，去自谋生计。
　He earned his living by delivering lectures throughout the country.　他靠在全国各地巡回演讲谋生。
　Now that the boy was earning his own living, he could defy his father's strict rules.　既然儿子已经自立，他就可以不受父亲的严格家规的约束。
 ♣ make a living
　赚钱过活　gain enough money to support oneself or one's family
　She heard that it was easier to make a living in the big cities.　她听说，大城市谋生容易些。
　You can make a good living in industry.　你能在工业界谋个好生计。
　He makes a living by writing.　他靠写作谋生。
　Mrs. Jones makes a living by boarding students.　琼斯太太靠给学生们提供食宿为生。

 ♣ living, livelihood, support
　这三个词均可表示一个人的谋生方式。其区别是：living是一般用语，泛指生计；livelihood尤指某人赖以谋生的工作。例如：
　Painting, once merely a hobby, became his livelihood.　绘画先前不过是他的一种业余爱好，后来成了他的维持生计的工作。
　support　指一人对另一人的赡养或抚养。例如：
　He depended on his parents for support.　他靠父母抚养。
 ♣ living, life
　参见life条。

　［同义词］ adj. active, alive, animated, breathing, existing, live, lively, strong, vigorous n. livelihood, maintenance
　［反义词］ adj. dead, sluggish
　［词源］　古英语libban（住，生活）