Dad, when you sent me to 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。
高二英语课文
Unit 24 Mainly Revision
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 真，真正;实在，果真;实际上;事实上;
💡 real真实的+ly表副词 →真正地
"Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served."
汤姆确实饿坏了,把端到桌上的东西吃得精光.
近义：honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly
反义：hypocritically, insincerely, lyingly, meretriciously, misleadingly, untruthfully
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
n. 画家，着色者;油漆匠;（系船的）缆绳;破诡计;
💡 paint画画 + er表人 → 漆工，画家，绘画者
"He works as a painter and decorator."
他的职业是油漆匠和装潢师傅。
近义：dauber, artist
vt.& vi. 赚得;获得;赢得;博得;
vt. 赚，赚得;获得;挣得;使得到;
💡 耳朵(ear)有几个(n)能 挣钱
"Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living."
现今谋生很容易.
近义：deserve, win, net, accrue, bear, make