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

• 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。
• 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。
• I live on the ground floor.
  我住一层。
• 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。
• 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。
• We live on land.
  我们在土地上生活。
• 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。
• 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。
• How can the people survive without anything to live on?
  民无聊赖，何以为生？
• The people find it hard to live on.
  民不聊生。