单词详解

1. vt.

A.在……之后仍然生存，从……中逃生[continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)]
Only two passengers survived the air-crash. 这次飞机失事只有两名乘客幸免于死。

 The little girl was the only one to survive the crash.

这个小女孩是这次飞机失事的唯一幸存者。

I don’t know how I ever survived the hard time. 我都不知道我是怎样熬过那段艰苦岁月的。

B.比……活得长，丧失(配偶,亲人等)( live longer than)
She survived her husband by twenty years. 她丈夫去世后她又活了二十年。

2. vi.

活下来，幸存，残留[(+on)]（continue to live; endure or last）
Few animals survived after the great forest fire. 森林大火之后极少动物生存下来。

We cannot survive for long without food and drink. 我们没有食物和饮料就活不了多久。

相关词组

survive on靠……活下来；靠……生存

He survived in the jungle on his tough faith. 他靠着坚定的信念在丛林中活了下来。

相关单词

名词：survivor幸存者

过去式：survived

过去分词：survived

现在分词：surviving

第三人称单数：survives