earn a living
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例句
Paris to see if I could really earn a living as a painter.
爸爸，你把我送去巴黎想看看我是否真正能以绘画谋生。
When you sent me to pairs to see if I could really earn a living as a painter, I stay at Zheng Jie's flat for three months.
当你把我送到巴黎去以绘画为生的时候，我在郑杰的公寓里住了三个月。
"The overwhelming majority of these folks are just trying to earn a living and provide for their families, " Obama said Tuesday.
“这些乡亲中很大的一部分人只是想为家人挣口饭吃，”周二奥巴马说到。
Dad, when you sent me to Paris to see if I could really earn a living as a painter, I stayed at Zhang Jie's flat for three months.
爸爸，你把我送到巴黎，想看看我能否真正以绘画谋生，那时候我就住在郑杰的那套房间里，住了三个月。
It is possible to earn a living wage as a waiter working 24 hours a week.
它是能够赢得一个生活工资作为一个侍者一星期工作24小时。
While I eventually wanted to earn a living online, my intent in the beginning was no marketing whatsoever.
一段时间以后，我开始想通过网络挣钱养活我自己，但我没有任何市场经验。
No problem with that, but I sure hope they haven't forgotten that the producers of these goods also need to earn a living.
这个模式没有任何的问题，但我希望这家商场记住，你向厂家进货还是要花钱的。
But she felt duty-bound to try to earn a living and speak out, whereas most victims dare not show themselves.
但是，她觉得有责任挣钱生活并大胆说话，而多数受害者不敢在人前露面。
But the root of the movement seems to be a desire to earn a living and make a difference at the same time.
但是该运动的根源似乎是一个谋生的愿望，并在同一时间差。
A simple sewing machine can be a way for a disadvantaged person to earn a living.
一个简单的缝纫机可以成为一个经济上有困难的人谋生的一种方式。
FRANK OLIVER: Ernest Hemingway left home for Chicago to prove to himself, and to his family, that he could earn a living from his writing.
海明威后来离家前往芝加哥，他要向自己和家人证明，他可以靠写作谋生。
And often this argument is framed in moral terms: Why should we punish people who are just trying to earn a living?
这种论点往往是从道德的角度出发，即“我们为什么要惩罚那些只是设法谋生的人们？”
Tough economic times had made it hard for him to earn a living as a computer programmer in the capital.
低迷的经济使身为电脑程式师的他很难在首都谋生。
it will also be necessary to be equipped with computer skills merely to earn a living.
它也将必须具备电脑技能只是谋生。
To earn a living, voluntarily I agree that the profit of a firm should be largely distributed to CEO, at the expense of fairness.
为了谋生，我同意把公司大部分的利润分配给总裁，尽管这样有失公平。
I thought the best way to be that and still earn a living was to get on a newspaper.
当时我认为，既能当作家又能营生的最好办法就是到报社工作。
First of all, it should be a real service to my fellowmen and not merely enable me to earn a living.
首先要成为一个真正的服务，而不仅仅是使我显得与众不同谋生。
What he would do if he had to earn a living I have no clue.
我真不晓得要是他要去谋生的话该怎么办。
Rio from Italy to the United States not to kill the time is a very ordinary little man, only his killer as a means to earn a living.
从意大利来美国的里奥在不杀人的时候就是一个极普通的小人物，杀手只是他谋生的一个手段。
Sheep herding has historically been a popular way to earn a living in Fountain Green.
自古以来，绵羊放牧就一直是喷泉绿居民赖以维生的方式。
A few years afterwards, things did go as Sun had expected. His son had to earn a living by hewing and selling wood.
几年后，正如孙叔敖预料的那样，他的儿子只能靠砍柴卖来维持生活了。
Refused permission to work in the country, he was able to turn to writing to earn a living.
虽然在这个国家没有获得工作许可，他能够开始写作谋生。
I always wanted to grow up and earn a living out of respect for my mum, mainly.
我一直想长大，找一份工作孝顺我妈妈。
None of them saw what they did as a career: it was simply a way to earn a living.
没有人把所从事的工作看作事业：那不过是谋生手段而已。
This was a man who should be cared for, but instead he was selling NT$20 items to earn a living.
他应该要受到照顾，但他却得靠卖新台币廿元的东西餬口。
Or, you might realize that the way you earn a living is just fine, and you can just continue living outside of your job.
或者你可能会意识到现在的生活也还不错，而你也会继续生活在你谋生的职业之外。
In the view of many people is no more than a means to earn a living. To live to work rather than work to live.
在许多人看来工作只不过是一个谋生的手段而已，他们为了生活而工作而非生活是为了工作。
Mrs. Fisher was full of indirect expedients for enabling her poor friends to earn a living.
费雪太太心中装满了使穷朋友们得以维生的各式各样的权宜之计。
The act of becoming aware that others earn a living doing something you enjoy is an incredible motivational tool.
如果发现其他人能够通过做“你喜欢做的那些事情”来谋生，这将是一股巨大动力。
His father was killed in an accident, and Eddie had to quit school to earn a living for his family.
他的父亲在车祸（或别的意外，没指明）中去世，艾便退了学挣钱养家。
The way they earn a living may also remain unchanged: investor- or regulator-pays alternatives have conflicts of interest too.
它们的谋生方式可能也不会改变：由投资者或监管机构付费的选择同样存在利益冲突。
Nevertheless, the Moore Formula dignifies curricula that leads to manual skills - mechanics, farmers, etc. - kids who can earn a living.
此外，莫尔公式提升了手工技能课程的重要性-像机械工，农民等–孩子们可以谋生的课程。
Most sangomas are no longer able to earn a living from their practice alone.
大多数治疗师们独自一人已经不再能够谋生。
however, she acknowledged that settling in America would be the only way for the family to gain some independence and to earn a living.
但是，她认为在美国定居将是这个家庭取得独立和谋生的唯一出路。
It trains fishermen who usually earn a living fishing in the ocean to be fish farmers.
列车渔民的收入一般在海洋捕鱼为生的养鱼户。
The most fundamental reason why people work to earn a living is to fulfill their needs and thus sustain their existence.
所以，人们去工作的最根本的原因是为了谋生，从而满足他们的需求，维持他们的存在。
When I was determined to earn a living for my darling wife and two children, the music business was awful slow during the folk revival.
当我决定为我的宝贝赢得妻子和两个孩子，一个活生生的音乐业务是可怕的缓慢复苏，在民间。
As the reader may observe, we see science as a delightful pastime rather than as a grim and dreary way to earn a living.
正如读者在阅读过程中将感受到的，我们并不把掌握科学知识当做一种烦躁乏味的谋生手段，而是将其视为充满娱乐的消遣过程。
Politicians from all parties are keen to talk about new ways for Britain to earn a living.
各政党的政客们正津津乐道于能给英国带来生机的出路。
If they choose to work, it means that they begin to earn a living and support themselves or even their family.
如果他们选择了工作，就意味着他们开始谋生养活自己及他们的家庭。
