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

• 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。
• According to the ministry, the priorities will be livelihoods and economic development.
  科技部提出，民生和经济发展将是规划的重点领域。
• 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。
• The damages from the tsunami were immense, with loss of lives, houses, livelihoods, fishing boats and equipment.
  海啸造成了巨大的损害，损失了生命、住房、生活资料、渔船和设备。
• 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。
• 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。
• Diseases such as HIV/ AIDS not only exacerbate malnutrition but can devastate labour, farm productivity and livelihoods.
  诸如艾滋病等疾病不仅让营养不良恶化，而且还可能破坏劳动、农场生产力和生计。
• Hunger and poverty often compel the poor to overexploit the resources on which their own livelihoods depend.
  饥饿和贫困常常迫使穷人过度开采其赖以生存的资源。
• The different roles that livestock plays in the livelihoods of different people are completely masked.
  牲畜在不同的人们的生计中起的不同作用被完全掩盖了。
• 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。