live on

英 [lɪv ɒn]

美 [lɪv ɑːn]

靠（某一数目的钱）过活; 靠（某一收入来源）过活; （动物）靠吃（某种食物）维持生命，以…为食; （人）以…为主要食物; 继续活着

柯林斯词典

• → see:live 7
• PHRASAL VERB 继续活着
  If someonelives on, they continue to be alive for a long time after a particular point in time or after a particular event.
  1. I know my life has been cut short by this terrible virus but Daniel will live on after me.
     我知道这种可怕的病毒会让我的生命提前结束，但丹尼尔会在我死后继续活下去。

英英释义

verb

• continue to live through hardship or adversity
  1. We went without water and food for 3 days
  2. These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
  3. The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
  4. how long can a person last without food and water?
  Synonym:survivelastlivegoendurehold uphold out

双语例句

• I and my girl live on different provinces.
  我和妻子住在不同的省份。
• Sheep live on grass.
  羊靠青草生活。
• They live on the other side of the street.
  他们住在马路的另一边。
• Averaging it out between us there's less than £ 10 a month each to live on.
  咱俩把这笔钱平均分一下，每人每月的生活费还不到10英镑。
• You won't be rich as an MP, but you'll have enough to live on.
  当议会议员不会很有钱，但过日子的钱还是足够了。
• I could not live on as I was living, and I have come.
  我心里太苦闷，不能再那样活下去，所以我来了。
• How can the people survive without anything to live on?
  民无聊赖，何以为生？
• The press conference was broadcast live on Polish television.
  波兰电视台现场直播了记者招待会。
• New stakeholder pensions will aim to give all workers a retirement pension they can live on.
  新存托养老金计划的目标是为所有工作者提供可以赖以为生的退休养老金。
• People and a lot of animals live on land.
  人类和许多动物生活在陆地上。