make a living，谋生; 营生; 赚钱过活; 糊口谋生; 后面可以根据不同情况加各种介词或不用加介词。 例如： If I can't make a living at painting, at least I can teach someone else to paint.如果我不能靠画画谋生，至少我可以教别人画画。 She was forced to leave home and make a living doing needlework.她被迫离开家，靠做针线活来糊口。 Your capacities are developed to enable you to make a living within the pattern.提高能力使你能够在这个模式中谋生。 It is not easy to make a living in a society of fierce competitions.在竞争激烈的社会里，谋生并不是一件很容易的事情。 She tries to make a living by selling grisly pictures, books and DVDs of thedisaster scene in her native Beichuan.在家乡北川，她靠卖地震相关的照片、书籍和DVD为生。
