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例句
He asked her about her expensive-looking wardrobe, where she lived, and what she did for a living.
他问到她那套看起来相当显眼的服装，问到她住在哪儿，问到她的工作。
I will like to know what you do for a living, as you know a journey of thousands miles start with a step and i believe that we have started.
我想知道你生活中都做些什么，正如你们所说，千里之行始于足下，我相信了解这些我们已经开始了我们的友谊。
'Part of me being drawn to KBW was trying to learn more about what he did for a living, ' she says.
克莉丝汀说，“我想更多地了解父亲所从事的工作，这是吸引我来KBW的原因之一。”
You grew up with a mom who played blues harmonica for a living. What was that like?
你的母亲以吹奏布鲁斯口琴为业。你在这样的环境中成长，感觉如何？
To help them to acquire the necessary skill for a living or to make them happy?
是帮助他们获取必要的生活技能？还是让他们开心？
Today, my sixteen year old son told me that he's following his guidance counselor's advice: to do what his hero does for a living.
今天16岁的儿子说他打算按指导员说的去做：按心目中的英雄那样去谋生。
See that? Pulled out six teeth yesterday. Soon I'll have to get another plate. That's what you get working for a living.
昨天拔了六颗牙，要不了多久就得重装一副假牙，这就是为生计奔波的结果。
How can you think of wasting a moment doing something for a living that you don't like to do?
你还怎么能想着浪费哪怕一会儿的时间去做些维持生计的事情，去做那些其实并不是你喜欢做的？
Give each of your hobbies some thought, and think about whether they're things you love to do, and that you'd love to do for a living.
请认真的思考下你的每一个爱好，以及想想下它们是否是你喜欢做的事情与愿投入毕生的时间来做好的事情。
Ding Mou also said he did not officially work to work for a living.
丁某还称，自己没有正式工作，以打工为生。
Imagine if it were someone snooping around the Internet who does this for a living.
试想一下，如果有人以在互联网上窥探为生，会怎么样。
There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree; there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living.
将会有成百上千的人在与你相同的程度，将有成千上万的人做你想要做什么谋生。
"If I did this for a living, my family and I would be eating bugs all the time, " he says.
“如果我干上这行，我和我的家人就要一直以吃虫维生了。”他这样说。
His father was a sickly man and his mother washed clothing for a living.
他的父亲体弱多病，而母亲则靠洗衣服维持家计。
Guess what he did for a living-he was an air traffic controller!
猜猜他是以何职业为生，他是一个空中交通管制员！
Thanks, June. But I think I need to be certified as a mechanic before I'm allowed to repair cars for a living.
谢谢，琼。但是我想我需要考核一个机械工的执照，我才可以被允许以修车为业。
Secluded in her husband's care, I had not thought about the past from running for a living.
在丈夫的僻护下，我从没想过去为生活而奔波。
My best friend, Lou Taylor, to whom Trading for a Living was dedicated, died more than a year before the current book was completed.
我最好的朋友娄•泰勒，《以交易为生》就是为他写的，在本书即将完成的一年前去世了。
But at the age of 14 , a friend of mine got me interested in comic books , and I decided that was what I wanted to do for a living .
但14岁时，我的一个朋友让我对漫画书着迷了，我决定那就是我以后谋生的行业。
he was no good at making himself for a living, although he was acknowledged by people after death, yet he succeeded in the art.
他不善谋生，但在艺术上却走出了自己的道路，虽然死后不久才为人们所承认。
The man who has to potboil for a living seldom accomplishes anything of an exceptional character.
为维持生计而粗制滥造文艺作品的人很少能创作出了不起的作品。
He had not even hinted at what he did for a living.
他以何为生？他一点也没透露过。
The first level is for a living. The editors of this level take the career as a means of livelihood.
第一层次为编辑生存，这个层次的编辑以编辑职业作为谋生手段。
Simian Lv is a famous historian of modern China, His whole life was indifferent to fame and fortune, and he had been teaching for a living.
吕思勉是中国现代著名的历史学家，一生淡泊名利，以教书为生。
No child of his was gonna use his hands for a living.
他的儿子中没有一个会用自己的双手来谋生
You know, people work for a living and to provide for their families. They work so hard and are very dedicated to their careers.
大家知道，人们为生活和养家而工作，他们工作非常努力，甘于为事业而献身。
The common women, who had to work for a living, couldn't possibly lace tightly enough to be confused with the ladies.
普通的妇女，那些为了维持生计必须努力工作的女性不可能将束带扎紧到让淑女凝眉的程度。
It began soon after the end of slavery in the south, when African-American musicians became able to travel and play music for a living.
它起源于美国南部奴隶制度终结不久之后，因为那时起非洲裔的美国人得以四处旅行并靠音乐谋生。
It has been said that most people working for a living spend their lives in working environments that they do not like.
据说大多数为了生计而工作的人，一生都在他们所不喜欢的工作环境中度过。
To be writing code for a living when you're 50, you will need to be a rock-star developer and be able to out-code the new kids on the block.
要想在50岁时还能以编程为生，你必须成为一个明星式的开发者，要有能力比那些孩子们在这一领域做的更好。
However, it's perfectly appropriate to ask about their job title and what they do for a living.
然而，它是完全恰当的询问他们的职位和他们的生活做。
Larkin wrote, and wrote well, but he did not write for a living.
并且写得很好，但是他却并不想以此为生。
He lived poor, simple food and clothing, to collect firewood for a living, usually around the fishermen for the treatment.
他生活清贫，衣食简朴，以打柴为生，平时为周围渔民治病。
Education in cyberspace On a recent business trip a man asked me what I did for a living. I replied that I wrote and taught college courses.
在最近的一次出差途中，有人问及我的职业，我说自己是从事编写和教授大学课程的。
However, it's perfectly suitable to ask about their job title and what they do for a living.
但你完全可以问他们的工作头衔和以什么为生计。
David Segal of The New York Times had it in print in late June, in an article about people who sell marijuana for a living.
今年六月下旬，《纽约时报》的大卫·西格尔（DavidSegal）曾在一篇关于以卖大麻为生者的文章中发表过这个词。
If you're honest, have good ideas and are willing to work for a living, now is the time to run. Too much time has already been wasted.
如果你够诚实，有好的想法，也愿为为生活而战，那么现在就是时候了，我们浪费的时间已经够多的了。
Mr. Pengnian Yu, bored in Hunan province, came to Hongkong for a living at the age of 26, and found an odd job in a company.
余彭年先生出生在湖南，26岁时来到香港打工，在一家公司做了一名勤杂工。
In all honesty, people who take something that they like doing and decide to do it for a living are actually a little insane.
决定靠兴趣来过生活的人老实说都有点疯狂。
Still have a soft heart to see them for a living regardless of self-esteem, appearance, always feel they are worthy of our sympathy.
心底还是有一份柔软，看到他们为生计而不顾自尊的样子，总觉得他们是值得同情的。
"The person needs to eat a lot and become a professional couch potato for a living, " the company says in its ads.
该公司在广告中说“这个人需要吃很多东西并为了谋生而变成专业的吃客”。
