1·Some rickshaw pullers I met were resigned to the imminent end of their livelihood and pin their hopes on being offered something in its place.
我见过一些车夫，他们已经对他们的生活即将走到穷途末路的情形逆来顺受，寄希望于能有什么东西来代替他们。
2·Rather, we have a certain conception of the American citizen, a character who is incomplete if he cannot competently assess how his livelihood and happiness are affected by things outside of himself.
相反，我们应该体现美国公民的某种观念，如果他无法准确判断自身的生活和幸福是如何受到外界影响的，他的公民特征就是不完整的。
3·With the mass introduction of cheap plastic receptacles over the past decade or so, their livelihood has collapsed.
在过去十年左右，随着廉价塑料容器的大量涌入，他们的生活已经崩溃。
4·Rather, we have a certain conception of the American citizen, a character who is incomplete if he cannot competently assess how his livelihood and happiness are affected by things outside of himself.
我们更应该具有的是作为美国公民的某种观念，即他必须准确判断外在因素对自身的生活和幸福的影响，否则他的公民特征就是不完整的。
5·The passbooks - given to each family receiving either a housing or livelihood grant - are part of the bid to ensure transparency with funding.
发放这种存折(即发给接受住房或生活赠款的家庭的存折)的部分原因是为了确保资金使用的透明度。