Without it we could not make a living.
要是没有这条河，我们就无法生存下去。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 56 Our neighbour, the river

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

living ['lɪvɪŋ] 词频1
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的; n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道; v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive 反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

The expensive shops in a famous near Piccadilly were just opening.
皮卡迪利大街附近的一条著名拱廊街道上，几家高档商店刚刚开始营业。
Kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs.Eleanor Ramsay's cat.
绑架者很少对动物感兴趣。最近，绑架者却盯上了埃莉诺。拉姆齐太太的猫。
This greatly reduced the speed of the ship,
这样一来，大大降低了船的航速。
Frank begged him to do so and the dealer reluctantly prised it open.
经弗兰克恳求，古董商才勉强把货箱撬开了。
The entrance to the cave is on a plateau in the Dauphine Alps.
此洞的洞口在丹芬阿尔卑斯山的高原上，
while the rest are constantly woken or kept awake by their trumpeting partners.
而其余则经常被与她们同睡、像吹号似地打着呼噜的男人吵醒或弄得睡不着。