单词详解
1. vi.
A. 活,生存 (have life, be alive)
Are your parents living? 你父母还健在吗?
B. 居住,住 (inhabit or live in)
She lives about ten miles from school. 她的住处离学校约十英里远。
C. 继续存在,留存 (continue to live)
As long as he lives, the bridge lives. 他在,桥就在。
2. vt. & vi
以某种方式生活 (lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style)
We eat to live but not live to eat. 我们为了活着而吃饭,而不是为了吃饭而活着。
They are always living a happy life. 他们一直过着幸福的生活。
相关词组
1. live with 忍受,顺应
He disliked the situation but had to live with it. 他不喜欢这种状态但是必须忍受它
2. live and breathe something 热衷于
They live and breathe music. 他们热衷于音乐。
3. live one's own life 按自己的意志活,靠自己活
This is the best way to live one's life. 这是按自己的意志生活的最佳方式。
4. live for 为…活着
He lived for his painting. 绘画是他的生命。
5. live through 熬过
The men lived through two wars. 那个人都熬过了两次战争。
6. live up to 不辜负…的期望
You’d better live up to your parents 'expectation. 你最好不要辜负父母的期望。
7. live a … life 过着……的生活
They are always living a happy life. 他们一直过着幸福的生活。
8. live by doing 靠……为生,住在……附近
He lives by cheating people. 他靠骗人吃饭。
9. live from hand to mouth 勉强度日,现挣现吃
I had to live from hand to mouth. 我不得不过着勉强糊口的生活。
10. live in poverty 生活窘迫,生活在贫困之中,家境贫穷
Many families live in poverty. 许多家庭过着穷困的日子。
11. live on 以……为主食,靠……为生
You can't live on bread alone. 你不能仅靠面包维持生活。
12. live upon 继续活着,以……为主食
You can't live upon bread alone. 你不能仅靠面包维持生活。
相关单词
过去式:lived
过去分词:lived
现在分词:living
第三人称单数:lives
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词语辨析: live on, live by
live on, live by
这两者意义不相同。
live by: 意思是“靠…过活”,指的是手段。
live on: 意思是“靠…为生”,指的是来源。
词语详解
1. live by: 意思是“靠…过活”,指的是手段。
He lived by writing. 他靠写作为生。
2. live on: 意思是“靠…为生”,指的是来源。
You can't live on bread alone. 你不能仅靠面包维持生活。