英语词汇“to earn a living”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A livelihood, a means of support or maintenance; an income sufficient to live on. Formerly also: †an endowment (obsolete). Now often in to earn (also get, make, etc.) a (also one's) living.See also: to work for a living at work v. Phrases 12; the world owes one a living at owe v. Phrases 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > livelihood

lifeOE

foodOE

livelihoodc1300

livingc1330

ploughc1390

purchasec1475

daily bread1526

being1570

governing1572

shift1572

supportation1576

thrift1579

livelihead1590

thrive1592

breadwinnera1614

subsistence1644

gain1655

bread and butter1691

through-bearing1705

bread1719

bread ticket1801

daily1817

lifehood1823

rice bowl1853

crust1916

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > personal income or acquired wealth

yearningeOE

livelihooda1325

livingc1330

thrifta1350

fanging1493

thrive1592

stipend1605

censea1637

revenue1653

private income1725

establishment1726

take1937

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > earn one's living

liveeOE

get?1529

to earn (also get, make, etc.) a (also one's) living1632

to cut one's own grass1863

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 976 A cabel..Forto drawen vp al þing Þat nede was to her libbeing.

?a1425 Constit. Masonry (Royal 17 A.i) l. 17 in J. O. Halliwell Early Hist. Freemasonry in Eng. (1844) 12 And pray we hem..To oure chyldryn sum werke to make, That they myȝth gete here lyvynge therby.

1450 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1882) V. 425 (note) We have..gevin till oure loved Patrik Lyndesay five markes..till his living yerly.

1530–1 Act 22 Henry VIII c. 12 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 329 Yf any Man..be vagarant & can gyve none rekenyng howe he dothe lefully gett his lyvyng.

1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Bii^v If thou haue any liveing So that thou nedest not to laboure Se thou apply the to learninge.

1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 20 in Rocke of Regard Their losse your gaine, their spending is your thrift, They broche your bagges till all their lyuing flie.

1611 Bible (King James) Mark xii. 44 She..did cast in all that she had, euen all her liuing .

1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies (1660) iii. lxxxii. 134 Instead of giving Encrease to her revenues, make a living Upon her ruins.

1678 C. Pora Sovereign Balsom i. v. ii. 131 You understood that you were to labour hard for your living.

1724 London Gaz. No. 6306/3 Sometimes plays on the Violin for a living.

1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 150 No person will have need to beg or steal; because he may gain his living better by working.

1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 75 Society is barbarous, until every industrious man can get his living without dishonest customs.

1883 Sir J. Bacon in Law Times Rep. 1 Mar. (1884) 9/2 The son..earns his living as a licensed victualler.

1927 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 29 132/3 ‘What's your racket?’ meaning ‘What do you do for a living?’

1958 J. Cheever Jrnls. (1991) 93 I make my living writing stories about the country-club set.

2006 One in Seven Apr. 27/2 With this order we have to be responsible for our own income, so I earn a living as a full-time college lecturer.

单词	to earn a living
释义	> as lemmas to earn (also get, make, etc.) a (also one's) living a. A livelihood, a means of support or maintenance; an income sufficient to live on. Formerly also: †an endowment (obsolete). Now often in to earn (also get, make, etc.) a (also one's) living.See also: to work for a living at work v. Phrases 12; the world owes one a living at owe v. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > livelihood lifeOE foodOE livelihoodc1300 livingc1330 ploughc1390 purchasec1475 daily bread1526 being1570 governing1572 shift1572 supportation1576 thrift1579 livelihead1590 thrive1592 breadwinnera1614 subsistence1644 gain1655 bread and butter1691 through-bearing1705 bread1719 bread ticket1801 daily1817 lifehood1823 rice bowl1853 crust1916 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > personal income or acquired wealth yearningeOE livelihooda1325 livingc1330 thrifta1350 fanging1493 thrive1592 stipend1605 censea1637 revenue1653 private income1725 establishment1726 take1937 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > earn one's living liveeOE get?1529 to earn (also get, make, etc.) a (also one's) living1632 to cut one's own grass1863 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 976 A cabel..Forto drawen vp al þing Þat nede was to her libbeing. ?a1425 Constit. Masonry (Royal 17 A.i) l. 17 in J. O. Halliwell Early Hist. Freemasonry in Eng. (1844) 12 And pray we hem..To oure chyldryn sum werke to make, That they myȝth gete here lyvynge therby. 1450 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1882) V. 425 (note) We have..gevin till oure loved Patrik Lyndesay five markes..till his living yerly. 1530–1 Act 22 Henry VIII c. 12 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 329 Yf any Man..be vagarant & can gyve none rekenyng howe he dothe lefully gett his lyvyng. 1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Bii^v If thou haue any liveing So that thou nedest not to laboure Se thou apply the to learninge. 1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 20 in Rocke of Regard Their losse your gaine, their spending is your thrift, They broche your bagges till all their lyuing flie. 1611 Bible (King James) Mark xii. 44 She..did cast in all that she had, euen all her liuing . View more context for this quotation 1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies (1660) iii. lxxxii. 134 Instead of giving Encrease to her revenues, make a living Upon her ruins. 1678 C. Pora Sovereign Balsom i. v. ii. 131 You understood that you were to labour hard for your living. 1724 London Gaz. No. 6306/3 Sometimes plays on the Violin for a living. 1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 150 No person will have need to beg or steal; because he may gain his living better by working. 1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 75 Society is barbarous, until every industrious man can get his living without dishonest customs. 1883 Sir J. Bacon in Law Times Rep. 1 Mar. (1884) 9/2 The son..earns his living as a licensed victualler. 1927 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 29 132/3 ‘What's your racket?’ meaning ‘What do you do for a living?’ 1958 J. Cheever Jrnls. (1991) 93 I make my living writing stories about the country-club set. 2006 One in Seven Apr. 27/2 With this order we have to be responsible for our own income, so I earn a living as a full-time college lecturer. extracted from livingn.² < as lemmas
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