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

• The press conference was broadcast live on Polish television.
  波兰电视台现场直播了记者招待会。
• How can the people survive without anything to live on?
  民无聊赖，何以为生？
• You can't live on rice alone.
  你单单吃米饭是不行的。
• I live on the ground floor.
  我住一层。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.
  他们大多住在近郊。
• The Arab live on the Arabian peninsula.
  阿拉伯人居住在阿拉伯半岛上。
• I have always wanted to live on an island in the middle of a lake.
  我总是想在一个湖心小岛上生活。
• The family was forced to live on credit from local merchants.
  这家人不得不靠向当地商人赊账生活。
• I live on an invalidity pension.
  我靠伤残养老金过活。
• I live on my own in a studio flat.
  我自己住在一个单间公寓里。