live
v. 居住; 生存,活著; 生活; 以…為生; 留存,銘記; 恪守(信念等)
adj. 活的; 現場直播的; 通電的; 仍可爆炸的
If someone lives in a particular place or with a particular person, their home is in that place or with that person.
She has lived here for 10 years...
她在這裡住了10年了。
She always said I ought to live alone...
她總說我應該一個人住。
If you say that someone lives in particular circumstances or that they live a particular kind of life, you mean that they are in those circumstances or that they have that kind of life.
We lived quite grandly...
我們生活得非常快樂。
Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time...
比起上幾輩人,我們有更多機會享受生活。
If you say that someone lives for a particular thing, you mean that it is the most important thing in their life.
He lived for his work.
他為工作而活。
To live means to be alive. If someone lives to a particular age, they stay alive until they are that age.
He's got a terrible disease and will not live long...
他已身患重疾,時日無多。
A perennial is a plant that lives indefinitely...
多年生植物是指能存活很多年的植物。
If people live by doing a particular activity, they get the money, food, or clothing they need by doing that activity.
...the last indigenous people to live by hunting...
最後一個狩獵為生的土著民族
These crimes were committed largely by professional criminals who lived by crime.
這些罪案大都是由以犯罪為生的職業罪犯製造的。
If you live by a particular rule, belief, or ideal, you behave in the way in which it says you should behave.
They live by the principle that we are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we want from it.
他們恪守著這樣的原則:我們來到世上是要為生活做貢獻,而不是從中索取。
If a person or occasion lives in someone's mind or in history, they are remembered for a long time.
The memory of that will live with me for many years to come...
那個記憶將會伴隨我多年。
His name will live in history as one of the greatest bowlers of all time...
他將會作為史上最偉大的板球投手之一而留名青史。
If you say that someone lives and breathes a particular subject or activity, you are emphasizing that they are extremely enthusiastic about it.
He has lived and breathed polo since he was seven.
他從7歲開始就一直熱衷於馬球。
If you tell someone that they haven't lived unless they experience a particular thing, you are telling them that thing is extremely good and should be experienced.
If you have never been to an opera, you haven't lived...
要是從來沒看過歌劇,那就枉過此生了。
You haven't lived until you've used their new micro system.
要是沒用過他們新的微系統,這輩子就算白活了。
You can use expressions such as to live in fear and to live in terror to indicate that someone is always thinking about an unpleasant or frightening event, because they think that it might happen.
One in 10 Californians is unemployed and thousands more live in fear of losing their jobs.
十分之一的加利福尼亞人沒有工作,還有數以千計的人成天提心吊膽地害怕失去工作。
You say live and let live as a way of saying that you should let other people behave in the way that they want to and not criticize them for behaving differently from you.
If you live it up, you have a very enjoyable and exciting time, for example by going to lots of parties or going out drinking with friends.
There is no reason why you couldn't live it up once in a while.
偶爾放縱一下也無妨。
1. make one's home or live in;
2. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style;
3. continue to live; endure or last;
4. support oneself;
5. have life, be alive;
6. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;
7. pursue a positive and satisfying existence;
1. actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing;
2. showing characteristics of life; exerting force or containing energy;
3. highly reverberant;
4. charged with an explosive;
5. rebounds readily;
6. abounding with life and energy;
7. in current use or ready for use;
8. of current relevance;
9. charged or energized with electricity;
10. having life;
11. capable of erupting;
1. not recorded;
alive, live, living
這些形容詞均有"活著的,活的"之意。
dwell, reside, live, lodge, inhabit, settle
這些動詞均有"居住,定居"之意。
exist, be, live
這些動詞都有"存在"之意。
live down
洗心革面:在一段時間後克服或減輕了(如罪行)帶來的恥辱
live in
寄宿於工作處
live out
不住在受僱的主人家
live with
忍受;順應
as I live and breathe
[多用於英語口語中,表達見到某人某事的驚喜]真沒想到
be living on borrowed time
live and breathe something
熱衷於
live and let live
(諺)給別人留點兒面子(或: 自己活也讓別人活;相互寬容)
live by one's wits
live dangerously
活在刀刃上
live for the moment
live in hope
樂觀,活在希望中
live in the past
活在過去裡,思想守舊,老古董
live in sin
We managed to record the whole of the concert from a live studio broadcast.
我們設法把現場直播音樂會的全部節目錄了下來.
If you live on a mountain , you live off the mountain ; if you live by the water , you live off the water.
靠山吃山, 靠水吃水.
The islanders live by fishing.
那些島民靠捕魚為生.
Providing that you exercise due care, there is no reason why you shouldn't live to a great age.
只要你適當地注意, 你就可享有很高的壽命.
Rabbits live under the ground.
兔子住在地下.