a means of securing the necessities of life 生活,生计 people whose livelihoods depend on the rainforest. 依靠雨林维持生计的人。
语源
Old English līflād 'way of life', from līf 'life' + lād 'course' (see lode). The change in the word's form in the 16th cent. was due to association with lively and -hood