名詞 livelihood:

1. the financial means whereby one lives
   同義詞：support, keep, living, bread and butter, sustenance

1. A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood.
   行業(yè)行業(yè)、職業(yè)或其它謀生的方式
2. I like playing in the band, but I don't do it just for fun; it's my livelihood.
   我喜歡在樂隊(duì)里演奏，但這不只是為了好玩，而是我的謀生之道。
3. "I like playing in the band, but I don't do it just for fun; it's my livelihood."
   ＂我喜歡在樂隊(duì)里演奏，但這不只是為了好玩，而是我的謀生之道。＂

live.li.hood

n.（名詞）
Means of support; subsistence.
生計(jì)：維持生活的手段；生計(jì)

來源：
Middle English livelyhed
中古英語 livelyhed
alteration influenced by liflihed [energy, vigor] from lifli [lively]
受 liflihed的影響 [能量，活力] 源自 lifli [活潑的]
of livelode
livelode的變化
from Old English lofl3d
源自 古英語 lofl3d
lof [life] * see life
lof [生命] *參見 life
l3d [course] * see leit-
l3d [過程] *參見 leit-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>livelihood,living,subsistence,sustenance,maintenance,support,keepThese nouns denote the means needed to provide the necessities of life.
這些名詞表示用于提供生活需求的種種手段。
Livelihood andliving are often interchangeable, butlivelihood may specify the occupation by means of which one earns an income:
Livelihood 和living ?？苫Q， 但livelihood 可指某人憑以賺取收入的職業(yè)：
例句：
Painting is her livelihood.
畫畫是她謀生的職業(yè)。

例句：
He earns a precarious living as a window washer.
他靠做擦窗工維持著朝不保夕的生活。

Subsistence is sometimes equivalent toliving:
Subsistance 有時(shí)相當(dāng)于living：
例句：
.The principal part of our subsistence was to be had by our guns. (Daniel Defoe).Very often, however, it suggests resources barely sufficient to support life:
.大部分生活所需都靠我們的槍來獲得。. （丹尼爾·狄佛）。但它也常常表示勉強(qiáng)足夠維持生活的資源：

例句：
.They[the Pilgrims] fell upon an ungenial climate . . . that called out [their] best energies . . . to get a mere subsistence out of the soil. (Ulysses S. Grant).
.他們［清教徒們］ 正趕上惡劣的天氣…迫使 ［他們］ 使出所有力氣……才能從土地上得到剛夠維持生計(jì)的那點(diǎn)收成。. （尤利西斯S·格蘭特）。

Sustenance applies to what is necessary to sustain lifeand especially to the food needed for health and comfort:
Sustenance 指維持生命所需的東西，尤指健康和舒適所需的食物：
例句：
The urban homeless are often in desperate need of sustenance.
城市里無家可歸的人極其需要食物來維持生命。

Maintenance, support, andkeep are usually reckoned as the equivalent in money of what is needed to supply necessities such as food, lodging, and clothing:
Maintenance, supprot 和keep 常被看作是提供食物、住宿和衣物等生活必需品所需的錢：
例句：
Both parents contribute to the maintenance of their children.
雙方父母都給孩子們提供生活費(fèi)用。

例句：
He lives in an opulent apartment but has no visible means of support.
他住在一間豪華公寓里，但看上去沒有任何經(jīng)濟(jì)來源。

例句：
.Long before they reached their teens they were earning their keep. (J.M. Barrie).
.當(dāng)他們長到遠(yuǎn)不到青少年的時(shí)候，就在賺錢維持生活了. （J．M．巴里）。

Support also applies to one that provides the necessaries, means, or funds to sustain others:
Support 也用于表示維持他人生活的必須品、手段或資金：
例句：
Her earnings are the only support of her aged parents.
她年邁的父母僅僅靠他的收入來維持生活