live on
phrasal verblive on
- to continue to live or exist
继续活着；继续存在 - She died ten years ago but her memory lives on.
她十年前就去世了，但她还留在人们的记忆中。 - He lived on for fifteen years after his wife died.
妻子死后，他活了15年。
- She died ten years ago but her memory lives on.
live on something
- to eat a particular type of food to live
以吃…为生 - Small birds live mainly on insects.
小鸟主要靠吃昆虫为生。
- Small birds live mainly on insects.
- (often disapproving) to eat only or a lot of a particular type of food
仅以（一种食物）为主要食物 - She lives on burgers.
她只喜欢吃汉堡包。
- She lives on burgers.
- to have enough money for the basic things you need to live
靠（…钱）生活 - You can't live on forty pounds a week.
你靠每周四十英镑没法过活。 - My salary isn't enough for us to live on.
仅靠我的薪水我们没法过活。
- You can't live on forty pounds a week.