wéi shēnɡ (为生) 犹谋生。《史记·越王勾践世家》:“﹝ 范蠡﹞以为此天下之中,交易有无之路通,为生可以致富矣。” 唐 韩愈 《东都遇春》诗:“为生鄙计筭,盐米告屡罄。” 鲁迅 《彷徨·祝福》:“他本来也打柴为生,比她小十岁。” [make a living] 以某种手段维持生活 以狩猎为生
他好像靠吃垃圾食品为生。
岛上的居民靠捕鲸为生。
Communities on the island depended on whaling for their livelihood.
他靠说单口相声为生。
and I live with this very nice girl, my roommate who writes plays for a living and works at a theater.
我和一个女孩一起住,她人很好,在剧院工作,靠写戏剧为生,
It is at its worst after retirement ... when you are no longer-- you've exhausted your human capital and you're living off of all the accumulated physical capital.
退休后,到达顶峰,当你不再-,你用尽了你的人力资本,只能以之前积累下来的,有形资本为生。
That's how we survived in Portland, Oregon.
我们在俄勒冈州的波特兰时,就以此为生
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