live
- v.（以某种方式）生活，过日子;居住;住;生存;(尤指在某时期)活着;继续存在;享受充实而令人兴奋的生活
- adj.活的;有效的;现场直播的;现场演出的;实况转播的;燃烧着的;仍可爆炸的;连着电源的;含乳酸菌的;当前所关心的
- adv.在现场直播;在现场表演(或录制)
liveverb
在某地 in a place
住；居住
to have your home in a particular place
to live in a house
住在一座房子里
Where do you live?
你住在什么地方？
She needs to find somewhere to live .
她需要找个住的地方。
We used to live in London.
我们过去住在伦敦。
Both her children still live at home.
她的两个孩子仍住在家里。
Where do these plates live (= where are they usually kept) ?
这些盘子通常放哪儿？
活着 be alive
生存；活着
to remain alive
The doctors said he only had six months to live.
医生说他只能活六个月了。
Spiders can live for several days without food.
蜘蛛几天不吃食依然可存活。
She lived to see her first grandchild.
她一直活到抱上第一个孙子。
（尤指在某时期）活着
to be alive, especially at a particular time
When did Handel live?
韩德尔是什么时期的人？
He's the greatest player who ever lived.
他是世上最出色的运动员。
生活方式 type of life
（以某种方式）生活，过日子
to spend your life in a particular way
She lived a very peaceful life.
她过着十分宁静的生活。
He lived in poverty most of his life.
他大半辈子过的都是穷日子。
She lived and died a single woman.
她过了一辈子的独身生活。
记住 be remembered
继续存在；留存；铭记
to continue to exist or be remembered
This moment will live in our memory for many years to come.
这一时刻将在我们的记忆中留存许多年。
Her words have lived with me all my life.
她的话我一辈子都铭记着。
兴奋 have excitement
享受充实而令人兴奋的生活
to have a full and exciting life
I don't want to be stuck in an office all my life─I want to live!
我不想一辈子都憋在办公室里——我要享受人生乐趣！
to be very enthusiastic about sth
他非常热衷于足球。
He just lives and breathes football.
used to say that you should accept other people's opinions and behaviour even though they are different from your own
to earn money by clever or sometimes dishonest means
to spend all the money you earn on basic needs such as food without being able to save any money
to behave as though society, etc. has not changed, when in fact it has
to live together and have a sexual relationship without being married
to enjoy yourself in an exciting way, usually spending a lot of money
to keep sth important about yourself a secret from other people, so that they do not know what you really think, what you are really like, etc.
to have enough money to be able to afford expensive things, food, drink, etc.
to eat whatever food you can grow, kill or find yourself
used to say that although you have failed or had a bad experience, you will continue
used to tell sb that if they have not had a particular experience their life is not complete
你从未去过纽约？你真是白活了！
You've never been to New York? You haven't lived!
used to express surprise at sth new or unexpected you have been told
to have enough money to be able to live a very comfortable life
the way of life of a different social group, especially one much richer than you
used to say that you hope sb/sth will live or last for a long time
you should not criticize other people, because they will easily find ways of criticizing you
if two people are in each other's pockets , they are too close to each other or spend too much time with each other
to live or sleep outdoors, usually because you have no home and no money
露宿街头的年轻人
young people sleeping rough on the streets
按照（某信念或原则）生活
to follow a particular belief or set of principles
That's a philosophy I could live by.
那就是我所信奉的人生哲学。
靠做某事赚钱为生（或获取所需）
to earn money or to get the things you need by doing a particular thing
a community that lives by fishing
靠捕鱼为生的群体
能使人忘却（做过的令人尴尬的事）
to be able to make people forget about sth embarrassing you have done
She felt so stupid. She'd never be able to live it down.
她觉得自己做了傻事，恐怕永远无法挽回自己的面子了。
以…为主要生活目的；为…而活着
to think that sb/sth is the main purpose of or the most important thing in your life
She lives for her work.
她活着是为了工作。
After his wife died, he had nothing to live for.
妻子去世后，他便没有了生活目标。
住在工作（或学习）的地方
to live at the place where you work or study
They have an au pair living in.
他们有个换工姑娘住在家里。
靠…过活；依赖…生活
to receive the money you need to live from sb/sth because you do not have any yourself
She's still living off her parents.
她还在靠父母养活。
to live off welfare
靠救济过活
以食…为生
to have one particular type of food as the main thing you eat in order to live
He seems to live off junk food.
他好像靠吃垃圾食品为生。
继续活着；继续存在
to continue to live or exist
She died ten years ago but her memory lives on.
她十年前就去世了，但她却留在人们的记忆中。
不住在工作（或学习）的地方
to live away from the place where you work or study
Some college students will have to live out.
有些大学生将不得不住在校外。
经历（灾难或其他困境）而幸存
to experience a disaster or other unpleasant situation and survive it
He has lived through two world wars.
他经历了两次世界大战。
达到，符合，不辜负（他人的期望）
to do as well as or be as good as other people expect you to
He failed to live up to his parents' expectations.
他辜负了父母的期望。
The team called ‘The No-Hopers’ certainly lived up to its name.
叫做“无望者”的球队果真名副其实。
忍受，容忍（不快的事）
to accept sth unpleasant
I just had to learn to live with the pain.
我不得不学会忍受痛苦。
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VERB USE 动词用法
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VERB 居住
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...
她在这里住了10年了。
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VERB 生活；过活
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...
我们生活得非常快乐。
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VERB 为…而生活
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.
他为工作而活。
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VERB 活；生存
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，时日无多。
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VERB 靠…过活；以…为生
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...
最后一个狩猎为生的土著民族
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VERB 恪守（规则、信念、理想等）
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.
他们恪守着这样的原则：我们来到世上是要为生活做贡献，而不是从中索取。
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VERB 留存；铭记；流传下去
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...
那个记忆将会伴随我多年。
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PHRASE 热衷于…；狂热爱好…
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.
他从7岁开始就一直热衷于马球。
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PHRASE 枉过此生；白活
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...
要是从来没看过歌剧，那就枉过此生了。
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PHRASE 活在担心/恐惧中
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亚人没有工作，还有数以千计的人成天提心吊胆地害怕失去工作。
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CONVENTION 自己活也让别人活；互相宽容；互不干扰
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PHRASE 狂欢；享乐一番
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.
偶尔放纵一下也无妨。
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live表示“居住”时，在进行时态中与一般时态中含义不同。如：I'm living in London（我目前住在伦敦）表示这种状态是暂时的，可能很快会搬到别的地方去。I live in London（我住在伦敦）则表示这是永久性住处。
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ADJ 活的；有生命的
Live animals or plants are alive, rather than being dead or artificial....a protest against the company's tests on live animals.
反对该公司利用活体动物做试验的抗议
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ADJ 现场直播的；实况转播的
A live television or radio programme is one in which an event or performance is broadcast at exactly the same time as it happens, rather than being recorded first.Murray was a guest on a live radio show.
默里在一个直播的电台节目里当嘉宾。
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ADJ （表演）现场的
A live performance is given in front of an audience, rather than being recorded and then broadcast or shown in a film.The Rainbow has not hosted live music since the end of 1981...
1981年末之后，彩虹剧院就再没主办过现场音乐会。
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ADJ （唱片）现场录制的
A live recording is a recording of a band playing at a concert, rather than in a studio.This is my favourite live album of all time...
这是我最喜爱的现场专辑。
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ADJ 带电的；通电的
A live wire or piece of electrical equipment is directly connected to a source of electricity.The plug broke, exposing live wires...
插头坏了，带电的电线露在外面。
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ADJ （子弹）金属的；实（弹）的
Live bullets are made of metal, rather than rubber or plastic, and are intended to kill people rather than injure them.They trained in the jungle using live ammunition.
他们在丛林中接受真枪实弹的训练。
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ADJ （炸弹或导弹）尚未爆炸的
A live bomb or missile is one which has not yet exploded.A live bomb had earlier been defused.
一枚未爆炸的炸弹稍早被拆除了雷管。
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PHRASE 开始使用；启用；启动
If a system, campaign, or other course of action goes live, it starts to be used.The new system went live earlier this year...
新系统在今年早些时候开始了运行。
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PHRASE 活生生的；千真万确的
You use real live to say that someone or something is present or exists, when you want to indicate that you think this is exciting and unusual or unexpected.He had never met a real live admiral...
他从来没遇到过一位真正的海军上将。
verb
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- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- I know the feeling!
- have you ever known hunger?
- I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict
- The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
- I lived through two divorces
- Synonym: know experience
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- have life, be alive
- Our great leader is no more
- My grandfather lived until the end of war
- Synonym: be
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- lead a certain kind of life;live in a certain style
- we had to live frugally after the war
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- pursue a positive and satisfying existence
- You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live
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- support oneself
- he could barely exist on such a low wage
- Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
- Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
- Synonym: exist survive subsist
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- continue to live through hardship or adversity
- We went without water and food for 3 days
- These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
- The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
- how long can a person last without food and water?
- Synonym: survive last live on go endure hold up hold out
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- inhabit or live in;be an inhabitant of
- People lived in Africa millions of years ago
- The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
- this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
- deer are populating the woods
- Synonym: populate dwell inhabit
adj
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- capable of erupting
- a live volcano
- the volcano is very much alive
- Synonym: alive
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- possessing life
- the happiest person alive
- the nerve is alive
- doctors are working hard to keep him alive
- burned alive
- a live canary
- Synonym: alive(p)
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- exerting force or containing energy
- live coals
- tossed a live cigarette out the window
- got a shock from a live wire
- live ore is unmined ore
- a live bomb
- a live ball is one in play
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- charged or energized with electricity
- a hot wire
- a live wire
- Synonym: hot
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- of current relevance
- a live issue
- still a live option
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- in current use or ready for use
- live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread
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- abounding with life and energy
- the club members are a really live bunch
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- elastic;rebounds readily
- clean bouncy hair
- a lively tennis ball
- as resilient as seasoned hickory
- springy turf
- Synonym: bouncy lively resilient springy
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- actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
- a live television program
- brought to you live from Lincoln Center
- live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience
- Synonym: unrecorded
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- charged with an explosive
- live ammunition
- a live bomb
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- not recorded
- the opera was broadcast live
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This is not a fit place for you to live .
这个地方不适合你居住。
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They live in a rough part of town .
他们居住在一个社会秩序混乱的城区。
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People in this country enjoy a high standard of living .
这个国家的人民享有很高的生活水平。
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Am I right in thinking that you used to live here ?
我想你过去在这里住过，对吗？
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I 'd love her to come and live with us .
我很愿意让她来和我们住在一起。
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How long have you been living in this country ?
你在这个国家居住多久啦？
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Great art has the power to change lives .
伟大艺术品的力量可以改变人们的生活。
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I 've always believed in living life to the full .
我总是相信生活要尽量充实。
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Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own .
很多人生活贫困并非他们自己有什么过错。
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You live in New York , don 't you ?
你住在纽约，不是吗？
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Some college students will have to live out .
有些大学生将不得不住在校外。
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Which period of history would you most like to have lived in ?
你最喜欢生活在哪一个历史时期？
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It was the first time that she had lived independently .
那是她第一次独立生活。
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What became of that student who used to live with you ?
以前和你住在一起的那个学生后来怎么样了？
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You really need to be mobile if you live in the country .
如果你住在乡村，你确实要有一辆汽车。
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You have no right to take risks with other people 's lives .
你没有权利拿别人的生命去冒险。
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Many people living in institutions have lost their sense of self .
许多生活在福利院里的人已经失去了个性意识。
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We 're living on the social now .
我们现在靠社会保障金维持生活。
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The decision could be one he lives to regret .
这一决定也许会有让他后悔的一日。
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He 's lost two lives , so he 's only got one left .
他失去了两次机会，所以只剩下一次了。
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Their standard of living is very low .
他们的生活水平很低。
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It is said that she lived to be over 100 .
据说她活了100多岁。
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That 's a philosophy I could live by .
那就是我所信奉的人生哲学。
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Both her children still live at home .
她的两个孩子仍住在家里。
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The study of science has enriched all our lives .
科学研究丰富了我们的整个生活。
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Would that he had lived to see it .
他要是能活到看见这该多好哇。
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Living in Africa was very different from home and quite an experience .
生活在非洲完全不同于在家里，那真是一次不同寻常的经历。
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What kind of house do you live in ?
你住的房子是哪一种？
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They would rather work than live on welfare .
他们宁愿工作而不愿靠社会保障金过活。
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Her words have lived with me all my life .
她的话我一辈子都铭记着。
除了用作连系动词外，还可表示某物存在或某事发生，常用于正式文体。
to be or not to be
生存还是毁灭
The great empire has ceased to be.
那个伟大的帝国已不复存在了。
Where is the wedding to be?
婚礼在何处举行？
指真实地发生或存在，也可指在困境中生活，不用进行时。
I believe that God exists.
我相信上帝存在。
Salt exists in many things.
许多东西中都含有盐分。
Fish cannot exist without water.
没有水，鱼就不能生存。
He exists on porridge.
他靠稀粥度日。
指生存、存活，或者强调以某种方式过活，可用进行时。
His grandmother lived until she was 105.
他的祖母活到105岁。
Since their marriage, the young couple has been living happily.
结婚之后，这对年轻的夫妻过着幸福的生活。
The local people there have lived through two world wars.
那里的当地居民经历过两次世界大战。
指到访或作客时短期居住。
If you ever visit Moscow, you must come and stay with us.
你要是到莫斯科来，一定要到我们这里住住。
She told her husband not to wait up for her. She might stay the night with her aunt.
她告诉丈夫不要熬夜等她，她可能在她姑妈家过夜。
指在某一地方居住。
For ten years, she dwelt in the forest.
她在森林里生活了10年。
My parents dwell on the border of our country.
我的父母住在边疆。
指人或动植物生活在某个地区，并已适应该地区的特殊环境。
Fish inhabit the sea.
鱼栖息于海中。
They inhabit the tropical forests.
他们居住在热带森林中。
Over 100 species of plants inhabit the woods.
这片树林里生长着上百种植物。
最普通用词，指人在某处生活或动植物在某地生长，时间可长可短。
I have been living here since my childhood.
我打小就一直住在这里。
The Norwegians live in a comparatively cold zone.
挪威人生活在比较寒冷的地区。
These birds live on the island.
这些鸟生活在这座岛上。
指在某处居住，含合法、长久之意。
Do you still reside at Elm Road?
你还住在埃尔姆路吗?
I plan to reside in Salt Lake City.
我打算在盐湖城定居。
You shall only reside at an address approved by your supervising officer.
你必须只在监管人员认可的地址居住。
指开始在某一国家、地区或城镇生活，通常不接具体的住所。
They got married and settled near New York.
他们婚后定居在纽约附近。
He hoped to settle in this country.
他希望在这个国家定居下来。
After working abroad for years, he wants to settle in Vienna.
在国外工作多年后，他决定在维也纳定居下来。
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