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。
• People and a lot of animals live on land.
  人类和许多动物生活在陆地上。
• 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。
• I live on an invalidity pension.
  我靠伤残养老金过活。
• 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。
• The Arab live on the Arabian peninsula.
  阿拉伯人居住在阿拉伯半岛上。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You can't live on rice alone.
  你单单吃米饭是不行的。