survive
verb /səˈvaɪv/
/sərˈvaɪv/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they survive | /səˈvaɪv/ /sərˈvaɪv/ |
| he / she / it survives | /səˈvaɪvz/ /sərˈvaɪvz/ |
| past simple survived | /səˈvaɪvd/ /sərˈvaɪvd/ |
| past participle survived | /səˈvaɪvd/ /sərˈvaɪvd/ |
| -ing form surviving | /səˈvaɪvɪŋ/ /sərˈvaɪvɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to continue to live or exist
生存；存活；继续存在 - She was the last surviving member of the family.
她是这家人中仅存的一员。 - Of the six people injured in the crash, only two survived.
因这次撞车事故受伤的六人中，只有两人活了下来。 - Many of these teachers are struggling to survive financially.
这些老师中有许多人正艰难地维持生计。 - He must betray his friend in order to survive.
为了生存，他必须背叛他的朋友。 - The children had to survive by begging and stealing.
孩子们只得靠行乞和偷窃艰难度日。 - (humorous) ‘How are you these days?’ ‘Oh, surviving.’
“你近来好吗？” “嗐，凑合过吧。” - Don't worry, it's only a scratch—you'll survive.
别担心，只不过是划伤，你没事的。 - survive from something Some strange customs have survived from earlier times.
有些奇怪的风俗是从早年留存下来的。 - survive on something I can't survive on £40 a week (= it is not enough for my basic needs).
一星期 40 英镑，我无法维持生活。 - They spent two months in the jungle, surviving on small animals and fruit.
他们在丛林里呆了两个月，靠小动物和水果生存。 - survive as something He survived as party leader until his second election defeat.
直至第二次参选失败他才不再担任党的领导人。
- Only one copy of the book still survives.
这本书只留下了一本孤本。 - Companies need to keep to deadlines if they are to survive and thrive.
公司如果想要生存和发展，必须在截止日期前完成任务。 - Four of their five chickens survived to adulthood.
他们的 5 只小鸡中有 4 只活到了成年。 - Nobody can survive long without water.
没有水任何人都活不长久。 - Once diagnosed with lung cancer, a patient is lucky to survive for five years.
病人被诊断得了肺癌，能再活5 年就算是万幸了。 - Seedlings survive better in stony soil.
幼苗在多石的土壤中能更好地存活。 - She cannot hope to survive long in power.
她不能指望长期掌权。 - She survived through two world wars.
她经历了两次世界大战而幸存。 - The frescoes have survived remarkably well.
壁画保存得相当完好。 - The islanders could barely survive without an export crop.
没有出口作物，岛上的居民几乎无法生存。 - The original apple tree survived until 1911.
原先那棵苹果树一直存活到 1911 年。 - Very little has survived from this period of history.
这段历史时期遗留下来的东西很少。 - I can just about survive on what I earn.
我挣的钱仅够糊口。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- barely
- hardly
- …
- struggle to
- be able to
- can
- …
- as
- from
- into
- …
- the only surviving…
- the sole surviving…
- survive and prosper
- …
- She was the last surviving member of the family.
- [transitive] to continue to live or exist despite a dangerous event or time
幸存；幸免于难；艰难度过 - survive something Her 5-year-old son miraculously survived the crash.
她5岁的儿子奇迹般地从车祸中幸存下来。 - He only survived the attack because he was wearing body armour.
他在袭击中幸存下来，只是因为他穿着防弹衣。 - Many birds didn't survive the severe winter.
很多鸟死于这次严冬。 - The company managed to survive the crisis.
公司设法渡过了危机。 - survive something + adj. Few buildings survived the war intact.
战争之后没几座完好的建筑了。
- A young boy miraculously survived a 25 000-volt electric shock.
一个小男孩在遭受了 2.5 万伏的电击后奇迹般地活了下来。 - The prime minister narrowly survived a leadership challenge.
首相在一次对其领导地位的挑战中勉强挺过去了。 - Doctors did not expect him to survive the night.
医生们不指望他能活过这个晚上。 - He narrowly survived several assassination attempts.
几次暗杀行动让他差点儿命丧黄泉。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- barely
- hardly
- …
- struggle to
- be able to
- can
- …
- as
- from
- into
- …
- the only surviving…
- the sole surviving…
- survive and prosper
- …
- survive something Her 5-year-old son miraculously survived the crash.
- [transitive] survive somebody/something to live or exist longer than somebody/something
比…活（或存在）的时间长 - She survived her husband by ten years.
丈夫死后她又活了十年。 - He is survived by his wife and two sons (= he has just died but they are still alive).
他的妻子和两个儿子健在。
- She survived her husband by ten years.
词源late Middle English: from Old French sourvivre, from Latin supervivere, from super- ‘in addition’ + vivere ‘live’.