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　　for a living

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　　美：

　　常用释义：

　　谋生

　　为了生存；为……谋生

　　1、To help them to acquire the necessary skill

　　for a living

　　or to make them happy?───是帮助他们获取必要的生活技能？还是让他们开心？

　　2、What do you do

　　for a living

　　?───你靠什么谋生？

　　3、He mended shoes

　　for a living

　　.───他靠修鞋为生。

　　4、Today, my sixteen year old son told me that hes following his guidance counselors advice: to do what his hero does

　　for a living

　　.───今天16岁的儿子说他打算按指导员说的去做：按心目中的英雄那样去谋生。

　　5、What did she do

　　for a living

　　?───她过去干哪一行为生？

　　6、I will like to know what you do

　　for a living

　　, as you know a journey of thousands miles start with a step and i believe that we have started.───我想知道你生活中都做些什么，正如你们所说，千里之行始于足下，我相信了解这些我们已经开始了我们的友谊。

　　7、You grew up with a mom who played blues harmonica

　　for a living

　　. What was that like?───你的母亲以吹奏布鲁斯口琴为业。你在这样的环境中成长，感觉如何？

　　8、Part of me being drawn to KBW was trying to learn more about what he did

　　for a living

　　, she says.───克莉丝汀说，“我想更多地了解父亲所从事的工作，这是吸引我来KBW的原因之一。”

　　9、He asked her about her expensive-looking wardrobe, where she lived, and what she did

　　for a living

　　.───他问到她那套看起来相当显眼的服装，问到她住在哪儿，问到她的工作。

　　1、a family living───家庭生活

　　2、scrape a living───勉强够维持生活，勉强糊口

　　3、making a living───谋生（making是make的现在分词形式）；【**】谋生之路；谋生之路（**名，MakingaLiving）

　　4、make a living───谋生，维持生活；赚钱过活; 营生; 糊口谋生; 谋生

　　5、vacationing for a living───以度假为生

　　6、insight for living───对生活的洞察

　　7、essentials for living───生活必需品

　　8、books for living───生活用书

　　9、for living───为了生活

　　for a long time【英】【fɔ: ei lɔŋ taim】【美】【fɔr e lɔŋ taɪm】长久；且；久；日长岁久; 例句:

　　1.But both tend to agree that unemployment will stay uncomfortably high for a long time. 但双方都倾向于认为，失业率将在很长一段时间内保持在令人不安的高位。

　　2.Most villagers have been living here for a long time. 大多数村民已经在这里生活了很长时间