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

• 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。
• I live on the ground floor.
  我住一层。
• The concert will be broadcast live on television and radio
  音乐会将通过电视和广播现场直播。
• Without the forest, we can not live on the earth either.
  没有了森林，我们也不能存活在地球之上。
• 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。
• I and my girl live on different provinces.
  我和妻子住在不同的省份。
• You can't live on rice alone.
  你单单吃米饭是不行的。
• The press conference was broadcast live on Polish television.
  波兰电视台现场直播了记者招待会。
• 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。
• How can the people survive without anything to live on?
  民无聊赖，何以为生？