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

• 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。
• The people find it hard to live on.
  民不聊生。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.
  他们大多住在近郊。
• He used to live on the estate.
  他过去曾住在那个住宅区。
• The Arab live on the Arabian peninsula.
  阿拉伯人居住在阿拉伯半岛上。
• 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。
• You can't live on rice alone.
  你单单吃米饭是不行的。
• I live on my own in a studio flat.
  我自己住在一个单间公寓里。
• 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。
• They are still having to live on very low incomes
  他们现在还得靠微薄的收入过日子。