survival
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/səˈvaɪvl/
/sərˈvaɪvl/
Idioms - [uncountable] the state of continuing to live or exist, often despite difficulty or danger
生存；存活；幸存 - the struggle/battle/fight for survival
为生存而斗争／战斗／拼搏 - His only chance of survival was a heart transplant.
只有进行心脏移植，他才有望活下去。 - Exporting is necessary for our economic survival.
必须有出口，才能维持我们的经济。 - Continued trade in these products is a threat to the survival of the species.
这些产品的持续贸易是对物种生存的威胁。
- Chemotherapy can prolong survival in cancer patients.
化疗能延长癌症病人的生命。 - Doctors gave him only a 50% chance of survival.
医生说他只有 50% 的存活几率。 - For the poorest people, life was merely a matter of survival.
对最贫穷的人来说，生活只是争取活命。 - He lacked the common instinct for survival.
他缺乏起码的生存本能。 - Here, life is a battle for survival.
在这里，活着就是为生存而战。 - The campaign will hopefully ensure the survival of the tiger.
这次宣传运动有望确保老虎的生存。 - The arrival of this South American predator threatened the survival of native species.
这种南美捕食者的到来威胁到了当地物种的生存。 - his survival as leader
他的领导地位的维持 - the chance survival of the king's letters to his mistress
国王给情妇的信的意外存留 - In rare cases, a mutation confers a survival advantage to the organism.
在极少数情况下，基因突变会给生物带来生存优势。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long-term
- short-term
- continued
- …
- fight for
- assure
- ensure
- …
- chances
- rate
- skills
- …
- survival against
- survival as
- a battle for survival
- a fight for survival
- a struggle for survival
- …
- the struggle/battle/fight for survival
- [countable] survival (from something) something that has continued to exist from an earlier time
残存物；幸存事物 - The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times.
这种仪式是从公元前遗留下来的。
- The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times.
Idioms
the survival of the fittest
- the principle that only the people or things that are best adapted to their environment will continue to exist
适者生存