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TOEFL BNC: 9493 COCA: 9184

livelihood

Word family 
live·li·hood /ˈlaɪvlihʊd/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]
JOB/TASKthe way you earn money in order to live 生計
a means/source of livelihood
Fishing is the main source of livelihood for many people in the area.
打魚是這一地區許多人的主要生活來源。
It’s difficult to earn a livelihood as an artist.
搞藝術很難謀生。
Bates says he will lose his livelihood if his driving licence is taken away.
貝茨說，如果駕照被吊銷，他就沒有了謀生的手段。
Examples from the Corpus
livelihood• Seepage into the local reservoir is already killing fish on which local livelihoods depend.• People do work without the institutional system of capitalism and they are assured of a reasonable livelihood.• Free labour merges imperceptibly with slavery; work becomes servitude; livelihood is transformed into strange new forms of bondage.• In addition, we angered the professional porters, who attacked us, saying we were taking away their livelihood.• But some boatmen fear the new regulations could destroy their livelihoods.• Through the ages priests, holy men and teachers have depended for their livelihood upon the support of rulers and the community.• Most of the people here depend on tourism for their livelihood.• Farmers depend on the weather for their livelihood.• He wondered if they resented the war for bringing in a new order that was depriving them of their livelihood.• Fishermen are angry about the new EC fishing regulations because they feel that their livelihood is being threatened.• There are many who have suffered personal disaster and whose livelihoods have been destroyed by natural catastrophe or invasion.
a means/source of livelihood• Many men have adopted this lucrative profession as a source of livelihood.
From Longman Business Dictionary
livelihoodlive·li·hood /ˈlaɪvlihʊd/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]
the way in which you earn money in order to live
If a commercial beekeeper makes a mistake and his bees die, he has lost his livelihood.
In that area many people relied on the coconut plantations for their livelihood.
Origin livelihood
(1200-1300) lifelode “way of living” ((11-17 centuries)), from Old English, from lif “life” + lad ( → LODE) (influenced by lively and -hood)
live·li·hood noun
Syllable
Corpus
TOEFL BNC: 9493 COCA: 9184
livelihood

noun

VERB + LIVELIHOOD | LIVELIHOOD + VERB | PHRASES VERB + LIVELIHOOD➤earn, gain謀生➤provide提供生計◇Fishing provides a livelihood for many people.捕魚為許多人提供了生計。➤protect, secure使生計有保障◇an insurance policy to secure your livelihood in old age使您晚年生活有保障的保險單➤affect, threaten影響／威脅生計◇The new law threatens the livelihood of thousands of farmers.新法律對數以千計農民的生計造成威脅。➤destroy, take away破壞／剝奪生計➤lose失去生計LIVELIHOOD + VERB➤depend on sth靠⋯為生◇people whose livelihood depends on the forest靠森林生活的人們PHRASES➤a means of livelihood, a source of livelihood謀生手段；生活來源◇The boat was his main source of livelihood.這條船是他主要的生活來源。
TOEFL BNC: 9493 COCA: 9184
TOEFL BNC: 9493 COCA: 9184

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