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survival

美 [sərˈvaɪvl]英 [səˈvaɪvl]
  • n.生存;存活;幸存;残存物;幸存事物
  • adj.(衣、物、装备等)救生用的,赖以生存的

复数: survivals

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noun

1

生存;存活;幸存
the state of continuing to live or exist, often despite difficulty or danger

the struggle/battle/fight for survival

为生存而斗争 / 战斗 / 拼搏

His only chance of survival was a heart transplant.

只有进行心脏移植,他才有望活下去。

Exporting is necessary for our economic survival.

必须有出口,才能维持我们的经济。

2

残存物;幸存事物
something that has continued to exist from an earlier time

The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times.

这种仪式是从公元前遗留下来的。

习语

the principle that only the people or things that are best adapted to their surroundings will continue to exist

survival

频次

  • 1
    N-UNCOUNT 生存
    If you refer to the survival of something or someone, you mean that they manage to continue or exist in spite of difficult circumstances.

    ...companies which have been struggling for survival in the advancing recession...

    在日益萧条的经济环境中挣扎求生的各个公司

  • 2
    N-UNCOUNT 幸存;存活
    If you refer to the survival of a person or living thing, you mean that they live through a dangerous situation in which it was possible that they might die.

    If cancers are spotted early there's a high chance of survival...

    如果癌症在早期发现的话,存活的几率会很高。

  • 3
    PHRASE 适者生存
    You can use the survival of the fittest to refer to a situation in which only the strongest people or things continue to live or be successful, while the others die or fail.

noun

1
something that survives
2
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Synonym: survival of the fittest natural selection selection
3
a state of surviving;remaining alive
Synonym: endurance

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  1. He was told that he had a one in 500 chance of survival .

    他被告知有五百分之一的生存机会。

  2. Societies need to develop highly adaptive behavioural rules for survival .

    社会需要发展具有高度适应性的生存行为规则。

  3. The community depends on the shipping industry for its survival .

    这个地区靠航运业维持生活。

  4. Nowadays a premature baby has a very good chance of survival .

    如今早产儿成活的希望非常大。

  5. Maternal age affects the baby 's survival rate .

    母亲的年龄影响婴儿的成活率。

  6. His only chance of survival was a heart transplant .

    只有进行心脏移植,他才有望活下去。

  7. Exporting is necessary for our economic survival .

    必须有出口,才能维持我们的经济。

  8. All other issues fade into insignificance compared with the struggle for survival .

    与挣扎求存相比,所有其他问题都显得不重要了。

  9. The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times .

    这种仪式是从公元前遗留下来的。

  10. They may hate what he does but their survival depends on him

    他们或许讨厌他的营生,但他们要想活下来必须依靠他。

  11. The name of the game is survival .

    重要的是活下去。

  12. If cancers are spotted early there 's a high chance of survival

    如果癌症在早期发现的话,存活的几率会很高。

  13. An animal 's sense of smell is still crucial to its survival .

    动物的嗅觉对其生存仍然至关重要。

  14. Yesterday 's meeting was intended to plot a survival strategy for the party

    昨天的会议旨在制订使该党能够继续存在下去的策略。

  15. Life became a struggle for survival .

    生活成了一场奋力求生的斗争。

  16. Ask for the free booklet ' Debt : a Survival Guide ' .

    可以索要免费小册子《债务:生存指南》。

  17. He owed his survival to his strength as a swimmer

    他是因为水性好才幸免于难的。

  18. The specialist who carried out the brain scan thought Tim 's chances of survival were still slim

    给蒂姆做脑部扫描的专科医生认为他活下来的可能性仍旧渺茫。

  19. The survival of the proteins depends on the way in which bones are fossilised .

    蛋白质是否存留取决于骨头被石化的方式。

  20. Providing they do not panic , I believe that their chances of survival will be beyond 95 per cent .

    如果他们不慌乱,我相信他们生还的概率将在95%以上。

  21. I dare to hope that your heart will be touched by the tidings of my survival .

    我奢望你在听到我还活着的消息时心情会很激动。

  22. As regards commercial survival , a car manufacturer capable of making only 50,000 cars a year is on a hiding to nothing .

    谈到商业生存,一个年产只有5万辆的汽车制造厂家是毫无成功希望的。

  23. He mistakenly ascribes the expression ' survival of the fittest ' to Charles Darwin .

    他错误地认为“适者生存”是查尔斯·达尔文说的。

  24. His most celebrated work is the film classic , ' Woman in the Dunes , ' a gritty look at survival in an extreme environment .

    他最负盛名的作品是经典影片《砂之女》,该片对极端环境下的艰难求生进行了逼真的刻画。

  25. With the changes in the world 's climate , dinosaurs died , but many smaller animals lived on . It was the survival of the fittest .

    随着世界气候的变迁,恐龙绝迹了,但许多较小的动物却继续活了下来。这就是适者生存。

  26. The old man was a survival of a past age .

    这位老人是上一代的遗老。

  27. All living beings are endowed with an instinct for survival .

    生物都有求生存的本能。

  28. All animals have an instinct to seek survival .

    动物都有求生的本能。

  29. From then on , mother and daughter have depended on each other for survival .

    从此,母女俩相依为命。

  30. Perhaps then we would finally begin to live , rather than being concerned with bare survival .

    也许到那时,我们最终会开始生活,而不是仅仅关心生存。

  • 习语

n.

the survival of the fittest

适者生存
the principle that only the people or things that are best adapted to their surroundings will continue to exist