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

• According to the ministry, the priorities will be livelihoods and economic development.
  科技部提出，民生和经济发展将是规划的重点领域。
• The move will protect biodiversity in the region and help thousands of indigenous people maintain sustainable livelihoods.
  这一举动将保护该地区的生物多样性，并帮助数以千计的当地居民维持可持续的生计。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The impatience is understandable as daily lives, and livelihoods, are at stake.
  不耐烦是可以理解的，因为他们的日常生活和生计都受到了威胁。
• 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。
• And climate change affects the livelihoods of farmers in China's Hunan province and in America's Midwest.
  气候变化既影响中国湖南省农民也影响美国中西部农民的生计。
• 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。
• People are especially vulnerable now, as many have lost their homes and livelihoods.
  由于许多人以丧失家园和生计，民众目前尤其脆弱。