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

• It gives us food to eat, the air we breathe, and livelihoods for millions of people.
  我们吃的食物、我们呼吸的空气以及千百万人的生计都是海洋给予的。
• The floods have had a severe effect on the livelihoods of truck farmers in the area.
  洪水对本地区菜农的生计有很严重的影响。
• Diseases such as HIV/ AIDS not only exacerbate malnutrition but can devastate labour, farm productivity and livelihoods.
  诸如艾滋病等疾病不仅让营养不良恶化，而且还可能破坏劳动、农场生产力和生计。
• The different roles that livestock plays in the livelihoods of different people are completely masked.
  牲畜在不同的人们的生计中起的不同作用被完全掩盖了。
• The intention was to enable families to resume normal household activities and to provide a platform for re-establishing livelihoods.
  其目的是恢复正常的家庭活动，并提供一个重建生计的平台。
• People's awareness of how to protect their homes and livelihoods in the face of floods has improved drastically.
  这似乎很奏效，村民对于预防水灾、保护自己家园和生计的意识，比以前大为提高。
• Several examples show how poor communities can enhance their livelihoods through ICTs.
  几个例子表明了贫困社区如何能够通过ICT改善他们的生计。
• Many of them lost their homes and livelihoods.
  他们中许多人都已失去了房子和生计。
• Until that model is fixed, our Nation's jobs and the livelihoods of our constituents are in jeopardy.
  在此之前，这是一个固定的模式，我们国家的就业和生计的成分处于危险之中。
• Conservationists have long recognised the role of forests in supporting indigenous people's livelihoods in developing countries.
  自然保护人士长久以来认识到了森林在支持发展中国家的土著居民的生计方面的角色。