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

• How can the people survive without anything to live on?
  民无聊赖，何以为生？
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.
  他们大多住在近郊。
• I live on the ground floor.
  我住一层。
• I live on an invalidity pension.
  我靠伤残养老金过活。
• 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 and my girl live on different provinces.
  我和妻子住在不同的省份。
• I live on my own in a studio flat.
  我自己住在一个单间公寓里。
• 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。