livelihoods

英 [ˈlaɪvlɪhʊdz]

美 [ˈlaɪvliˌhʊdz]

n.  赚钱謀生的手段; 生计
livelihood的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 营生；生计
  Yourlivelihoodis the job or other source of income that gives you the money to buy the things you need.
  1. ...fishermen who depend on the seas for their livelihood...
     靠大海为生的渔夫
  2. As a result of this conflict he lost both his home and his means of livelihood.
     这场冲突使他同时失去了住所和生计来源。

双语例句

• People's awareness of how to protect their homes and livelihoods in the face of floods has improved drastically.
  这似乎很奏效，村民对于预防水灾、保护自己家园和生计的意识，比以前大为提高。
• In Kenya one of the worst droughts in living memory devastated Maasai livestock and livelihoods.
  在肯尼亚，人们记忆中最严重的干旱毁灭了玛赛人的家畜，同样也毁灭了他们的生活。
• And climate change affects the livelihoods of farmers in China's Hunan province and in America's Midwest.
  气候变化既影响中国湖南省农民也影响美国中西部农民的生计。
• Although no one died, the villagers lost their homes and livelihoods.
  尽管无人丧生，但村民们失去了自己的家园和生计。
• We understand people's worries about the effects on their jobs and livelihoods of a global slowdown.
  我们担心全球的局势对他们的就业和生活带来负面影响，这是可以理解的。
• Until that model is fixed, our Nation's jobs and the livelihoods of our constituents are in jeopardy.
  在此之前，这是一个固定的模式，我们国家的就业和生计的成分处于危险之中。
• Many of them lost their homes and livelihoods.
  他们中许多人都已失去了房子和生计。
• The impatience is understandable as daily lives, and livelihoods, are at stake.
  不耐烦是可以理解的，因为他们的日常生活和生计都受到了威胁。
• It gives us food to eat, the air we breathe, and livelihoods for millions of people.
  我们吃的食物、我们呼吸的空气以及千百万人的生计都是海洋给予的。
• Several lives and billions of dollars from people's livelihoods were lost.
  一些人丧命，数十亿美元从人们的生活中消失了。