alive和living的区别：中文含义不同、用法不同。alive作为形容词，含义为“活着的”、“情绪饱满”、“有活力”、“意识到”、“继续存在”，放在to be及其它联系动词之后作表语用；living可作名词、动词和形容词，含义为“在使用的”、“活的”、“收入”、“居住”，可放在它所修饰的名词之前。

alive作为形容词，意Wie活着的;活着;在世;情绪饱满;激动兴奋;有生气;有活力;继续存在;充满;意识到。

例句：We don't know whether he's alive or dead.

我们不知道他是死是活。

Ed was alive with happiness.

埃德高兴得眉飞色舞。

The pool was alive with goldfish.

池塘里满是游来游去的金鱼。

She does not know if he is alive or dead...

她不知道他是生是死。

Our relationship made me feel more alive...

我们的关系使我感到更有活力。

The big factories are trying to stay alive by cutting costs...

大型工厂正试图通过削减成本以维持生存。

The river was alive with birds...

沿河活跃着各种鸟类。

You must be alive to op-portunity!...

你必须注意机会！

The doctor's voice had come alive and his small eyes shone.

医生的嗓音恢复了活力，两只小眼睛也有了神采。

She made history come alive with tales from her own memories...

通过讲述自己记忆中的故事，她把逝去的岁月变得生动起来。

A man who went missing yesterday during a blizzard has been found alive and well.

昨天在暴风雪中失踪的一名男子已经被找到，人安然无恙。

1、作为形容词时，意为活着的;活的;在使用的;在实施的。

例句：The spacious living quarters were on the second floor...

宽敞的生活区位于3楼。

That is, after all, the primary reason we live — to be of service to others.

别忘了，那是我们活着的主要原因——帮助他人。

In spite of what happened, he never lost the will to live.

尽管如此遭遇，他从未丧失活下去的意志。

2、作为名词时，意为生计;谋生;收入;生活方式;活着的人;（尤指旧时）有俸金住房的牧师职位。

例句：She earns her living as a freelance journalist.

她靠做自由撰稿记者来维持生计。

Their standard of living is very low.

他们的生活水平很低。

Father never talked about what he did for a living...

父亲从不谈他的谋生之道。

Olivia has always been a model of healthy living.

奥利维娅一向是健康生活的楷模。

The young man is dead. We have only to consider the living.

这位年轻人已经死了。我们只能考虑在生之人。

3、作为动词时，意为住;居住;生存;(尤指在某时期)活着。

例句：How long have you been living in this country?

你在这个国家居住多久啦？

They live in a rough part of town.

他们居住在一个社会秩序混乱的城区。

He was said to have lost his will to live.

据说他已经失去了生存的意志。

I tackled him about how anyone could live amidst so much poverty.

我坦率地问他，人在如此贫穷的环境中如何还能生存。

Chloe is my reason for living.

克洛艾是我活着的理由。

Thus I have been allowed to gain access to their living environment ．

因此我得到了准许，可以进入它们的生存环境里。