Reindeer can spook suddenly, so Nils Peder kneels calmly in the midst of the herd on which his livelihood depends.

驯鹿可能突然受到惊吓，所以尼尔斯·皮德尔在他生计所依赖的鹿群中镇静地跪了下来。

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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。

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He makes his livelihood as a carpenter.

他做木工活，以维持生计。

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He says,like most farmers here, he saw his livelihood improve under Mr.Thaksin's policies aimed at Thailand's poor.

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Once a trader in the seafront flea-market, his souvenir shack was destroyed, and with it his livelihood.

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Dealers like Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler in Paris used his livelihood to champion the early cubists and to showcase Picasso.

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One London pub landlord, Bill Sharp, said the ban was another "nail in the coffin" of his livelihood.

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