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繪畫謀生。
高二英語課文
Unit 24 Mainly Revision
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adv. 真，真正;實在，果真;實際上;事實上;
?? real真實的+ly表副詞 →真正地
"Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served."
湯姆確實餓壞了,把端到桌上的東西吃得精光.
近義：honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly
反義：hypocritically, insincerely, lyingly, meretriciously, misleadingly, untruthfully
adj. 活（著）的;現存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生計;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的現在分詞);居住;以…為生;（按照規矩）管理生活;
?? liv生活+ing名詞后綴 → 生活，生計
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住條件極為惡劣。
近義：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反義：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 畫家，著色者;油漆匠;（系船的）纜繩;破詭計;
?? paint畫畫 + er表人 → 漆工，畫家，繪畫者
"He works as a painter and decorator."
他的職業是油漆匠和裝潢師傅。
近義：dauber, artist
vt.& vi. 賺得;獲得;贏得;博得;
vt. 賺，賺得;獲得;掙得;使得到;
?? 耳朵(ear)有幾個(n)能 掙錢
"Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living."
現今謀生很容易.
近義：deserve, win, net, accrue, bear, make