livelihood

• n. 生計、生活

比喩的な使い方。

livelihood (n.)

1610s, alteration of livelode "means of keeping alive" (c. 1300), from Old English lifad "course of life," from lif "life" + lad "way, course" (see load). Similar formation in Old High German libleita. Spelling assimilated to words in -hood. Earlier livelihood was a different word, meaning "liveliness," from lively.

1. Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses.

大手スーパーの略奪的な価格が、小さな店の生計を脅かしている。

2.Communities on the island depended on whaling for their livelihood .

島の住民は捕鯨で生計を立てている。

3.Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood .

彼らの仕事と生活は適切に手配されます。

4.My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.

父は自分の手でかろうじて家計を維持している。

5.It affords a livelihood to a great number of people.

これは多くの人に生計を提供している。