| 单词 | livelihood |
| 释义 | livelihood (once / 1291 pages) n Your livelihood is the job you work at to earn the income that supports you. The word livelihood started out as the Old English līflād, or "course of life," and around the 13th century changed to livelode, which meant "a means of keeping one alive." As "-lode" morphed into "-hood," which meant "state, condition," the meaning of the word also changed to mean support for a person's life. That naturally came to mean your job, which provides the monetary support to keep you going. WORD FAMILYlivelihood: livelihoods USAGE EXAMPLES“The former’s audience is restricted to peers and students but matters a lot in academics’ livelihoods and in the ranking of universities. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) This is a serious matter of livelihood for many. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) In this case it is not a few people’s livelihoods that are on the line, but all people’s lives. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) n the financial means whereby one lives he could no longer earn his own livelihood Syn|Hypo|Hyper bread and butter, keep, living, support, sustenance amenities, comforts, conveniences, creature comforts things that make you comfortable and at ease maintenancemeans of maintenance of a family or group meal ticketa source of income or livelihood subsistenceminimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting resource available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed |
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