livelihood
n
(usu sing 通常作单数)
(a) means of living; income 生活的手段; 生计; 收入
earn one's livelihood by teaching 靠教书为生
deprive sb of his livelihood 剥夺某人的生计.
(b) way of earning a living; occupation 谋生之道; 职业
Farming is his sole livelihood. 他唯一的谋生之道就是务农.
The skins were used for making tents and water containers.
还可以用野牛皮制作帐蓬和装水的容器。
This person recognized the words for river and guitar, and so Haley thought that his ancestor must have come from Gambia.
这个人认出了表示“江”和“吉他”的这两个词,于是哈利就认为他的祖先准是来自冈比亚。
At the time of his death, one person praised him as follows: Future generations, it may be, will hardly believe that such a person as this walked upon this earth.