living

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.liv‧ing¹ /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: verb: ↑live, ↑outlive, ↑relive, ↑liven, ↑up; adjective: ↑live, ↑lively, ↑living, ↑liveable; noun: ↑liveliness, ↑living, ↑livelihood; adverb: ↑live]
1. alive now OPP dead:
He’s one of the greatest living composers.
The sun affects all living things (=people, animals, and plants).
a living language (=one that people still use)
2. living proof if someone is living proof of a particular fact, they are a good example of how true it is
living proof (that)
I’m living proof that you don’t need a college degree to be successful.
living proof of
the living proof of government economic incompetence
3. in/within living memory during the time that anyone can remember:
It was the worst storm in living memory.
4. a living death a life that is so unpleasant that it seems better to be dead
5. a living hell a very unpleasant situation that makes you suffer for a long time:
These past few days have been a living hell.
6. living legend someone who is famous for being extremely good at something, and who still does that activity:
His music has made him a living legend.
⇨ scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of somebody at ↑daylight(3), ⇨ beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebody/something at ↑daylight(4)
II.living² S2 BrE AmE noun
[Word Family: verb: ↑live, ↑outlive, ↑relive, ↑liven, ↑up; adjective: ↑live, ↑lively, ↑living, ↑liveable; noun: ↑liveliness, ↑living, ↑livelihood; adverb: ↑live]
1. [countable usually singular] the way that you earn money or the money that you earn:
It’s not a great job, but it’s a living.
What do you do for a living? (=what do you do as a job?)
earn/make a living
It’s hard to make a decent living as a musician.
scrape/scratch a living (=get just enough to eat or live)
2. the living all the people who are alive as opposed to dead people OPP the dead
3. [uncountable] the way in which someone lives their life:
the stresses of city living
4. [countable] the position or income of a ↑parish priest
⇨ ↑cost of living, ↑standard of living, ⇨ in the land of the living at ↑land¹(7)
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COLLOCATIONS
verbs
▪ earn/make a living She was able to make a living out of her talents as a cook.
▪ do something for a living (=to work at something as your job) 'What does he do for a living?' 'I think he's a taxi driver.'
▪ scrape out/scratch out/eke out a living (=to barely earn enough money to live) The farmers in these drought-stricken areas are barely able to scratch out a living.
adjectives
▪ a good/decent living (=enough money) Her husband makes a good living.
▪ a meagre living British English, a meager living American English (=not much money) She earned a meagre living as a shop assistant.

livinghu

◎	['liviη]
※	danh từ
	■	cuộc sống; sinh hoạt
		☆	the cost of living
			giá sinh hoạt
		☆	the standard of living
			mức sống
		☆	plain living and high thinking
			cuộc sống thanh bạch nhưng cao thượng
	■	cách sinh nhai; sinh kế
		☆	to earn (get, make) one's living
			kiếm sống
		☆	to earn one's living as a knife-grinder
			kiếm sống bằng nghề mài dao
		☆	to earn one's living by/from repairing sewing-machines
			kiếm sống bằng nghề sửa máy may
		☆	to make a good/meagre living
			kiếm được nhiều/ít tiền
	■	người sống
		☆	the living and the dead
			những người đã sống và những người đã chết
		☆	in the land of the living
			ở thế giới của những người đang sống, trên trái đất này
	〆	good living
		✓	sự ăn uống sang trọng xa hoa
	〆	to scrape a living
		✓	kiếm vừa đủ sống
※	tính từ
	■	sống, đang sống, đang tồn tại; sinh động
		☆	all living things
			mọi sinh vật
		☆	living languages
			sinh ngữ
		☆	the greatest living strategist
			nhà chiến lược lớn nhất hiện nay
	■	giống lắm, giống như hệt
		☆	the child is the living image of his father
			đứa bé giống bố như đúc
	■	đang cháy, đang chảy (than, củi, nước)
		☆	living coal
			than đang cháy đỏ
		☆	living water
			nước luôn luôn chảy
	〆	a living legend
		✓	một huyền thoại sống
	〆	to be living proof of sth
		✓	là bằng chứng sống về điều gì
	〆	within living memory
		✓	trong ký ức của những người còn sống,, theo lời những người còn sống
	〆	living death
		✓	tình trạng khổ cực liên miên; tình trạng sống dở chết dở
			☆	exile was for him a living death
				cuộc lưu đày đối với ông ta là một thời kỳ sống dở chết dở

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  living(a), surviving, support, keep, livelihood, bread and butter, sustenance, animation, life, aliveness