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

• 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 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。
• The damages from the tsunami were immense, with loss of lives, houses, livelihoods, fishing boats and equipment.
  海啸造成了巨大的损害，损失了生命、住房、生活资料、渔船和设备。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Governments concerned with impacts on health, financial systems, and livelihoods of poor farmers and families.
  各国政府对禽流感重现对卫生和金融系统以及贫困农民和家庭生计的影响表示关切。
• 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。