活路的英文：
means of subsistence

参考例句：

He that attacks my honour, attacks my livelihood
谁要指责我的信誉，就是断我的活路。

means是什么意思：
n. 方法，手段；工具；金钱，财富，财产，财力，收入

That was a mean trick!
那是卑鄙的诡计！

A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.
修饰语除了加强修饰词的意思之外没有实际意义。

get money by dishonest means
非法赚钱, 得不义之财

The meaning of the passage is obscure.
这段文字意义晦涩。

No stutter, maybe, but lots of mean.
不口吃，也许。 但是很恶毒。

subsistence是什么意思：
n. 生存；生计
adj. 收成仅够自身口粮的

Farming is still mostly for subsistence.
农业仍仅够国人糊口。

They had no visible means of subsistence.
他们生计无着。

The standard of living today is on the edge of subsistence.
现在的生活水平几乎快要无法维持生计。

They were living barely above the level of subsistence.
他们的生活水平勉强在最低水平线以上。

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
只有通过相互的让步，社会生活才能存在下去。