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

• Several lives and billions of dollars from people's livelihoods were lost.
  一些人丧命，数十亿美元从人们的生活中消失了。
• 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 disease can wipe out entire pig populations and has serious impact on food security and livelihoods.
  该疾病可摧毁整个猪种群并给粮食安全和生计造成严重影响。
• It warns that this is threatening marine life and livelihoods linked to fisheries and tourism.
  它警告说，这正在威胁着海洋生物以及渔业和旅游业的生计。
• People think their livelihoods are in danger.
  人们认为他们的生计处在危险中。
• Opponents say mines often pollute nearby rivers and seas, damaging the livelihoods of farmers and fishermen;
  反对者认为，采矿常常污染周边河流及海域，因此将危及农民和渔夫的生计；
• It seems to me to be too softly softly while people's livelihoods are ruined.
  在我看来太太太太太软蛋了，我们的生活都被毁掉了。
• In Kenya one of the worst droughts in living memory devastated Maasai livestock and livelihoods.
  在肯尼亚，人们记忆中最严重的干旱毁灭了玛赛人的家畜，同样也毁灭了他们的生活。
• 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。
• China-Africa economic and trade development has improved peoples livelihoods and diversified economic development in African countries, provided strong support for Chinas socio-economic development, and contributed to promoting South-South cooperation and balanced world economic development.
  中非经贸合作的发展，促进了非洲国家民生的改善和经济的多元化发展，为中国经济社会发展提供了有力支持，也为促进南南合作与世界经济的平衡发展作出了积极贡献。