livelihood
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income).
an independent livelihood; to make / earn / gain / win a good livelihood by the sweat of one's brow
1716, Joseph Addison, The Free-Holder, London: D. Midwinter and J. Tonson, No. 42, Monday May 14, p. 245, Trade […] employs Multitudes of Hands both by Sea and Land, and furnishes the poorest of our Fellow-Subjects with the Opportunities of gaining an honest Livelihood.
The legal profession believes that client choice is the best way of ensuring standards remain high, because a lawyer's livelihood depends upon their reputation.
Đồng nghĩa: living, subsistence, sustenance
- 2.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)(now rare) Property which brings in an income; an estate.
- 3.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Liveliness; appearance of life.
- 4.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour.
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Đồng nghĩa
Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.
Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English liflode, from Old English līflād (course of life, conduct), from līf + lād, later altered under the influence of lively, -hood. Compare life, lode.