survive
- v.生存;存活;幸存;幸免于难;继续存在;艰难度过;比…活(或存在)的时间长
过去式： survived 现在分词： surviving 过去分词： survived 第三人称单数： survives
sur- 次一等的 + viv 生命 + -e
surviveverb
生存；存活；继续存在
to continue to live or exist
She was the last surviving member of the family.
她是这家人中仅存的一员。
Of the six people injured in the crash, only two survived.
因这次撞车事故受伤的六人中，只有两人活了下来。
Some strange customs have survived from earlier times.
有些奇怪的风俗是从早年留存下来的。
I can't survive on £40 a week (= it is not enough for my basic needs) .
一星期40英镑，我无法维持生活。
He survived as party leader until his second election defeat.
直至第二次参选失败他才不再担任党的领导人。
‘How are you these days?’ ‘Oh, surviving.’
“你近来好吗？”“嗐，凑合过吧。”
Don't worry, it's only a scratch─you'll survive.
别担心，只不过是划伤，你没事的。
幸存；幸免于难；艰难度过
to continue to live or exist despite a dangerous event or time
The company managed to survive the crisis.
公司设法渡过了危机。
Many birds didn't survive the severe winter.
很多鸟死于这次严冬。
Few buildings survived the war intact.
战争之后没几座完好的建筑了。
比…活（或存在）的时间长
to live or exist longer than sb/sth
She survived her husband by ten years.
丈夫死后她又活了十年。
survive
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VERB 生存;存活;幸存
If a person or living thing survives in a dangerous situation such as an accident or an illness, they do not die....the sequence of events that left the eight pupils battling to survive in icy seas for over four hours...
致使这 8 个小学生在冰冷的海水里挣扎求生四个多小时的一连串事件
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VERB 挺过;艰难度过
If you survive in difficult circumstances, you manage to live or continue in spite of them and do not let them affect you very much.On my first day here I thought, 'Ooh, how will I survive?'
我第一天到这儿时就想，“天哪，我怎么能挺过去呢?”
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VERB 幸存;幸免于难;留存
If something survives, it continues to exist even after being in a dangerous situation or existing for a long time.When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not survive...
引入市场经济后，许多工厂将面临倒闭。
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VERB 比…活得久;比…长寿
If you survive someone, you continue to live after they have died.Most women will survive their spouses...
大多数女性都比配偶长寿。
verb
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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 live 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: last live live on go endure hold up hold out
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- live longer than
- She outlived her husband by many years
- Synonym: outlive outlast
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- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
- He survived the cancer against all odds
- Synonym: pull through pull round come through make it
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The Olympic got wrecked before the Titanic did , but it was the only one to survive and maintain a successful career of 24 years .
在泰坦尼克号沉没之前，奥林匹克号就曾失事，但只有奥林匹克号幸存下来并持续航行了24年成功的航运生涯。
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I didn 't know whether I could survive .
我不知道我能否幸存下来。
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The company has survived the recent upset in share prices .
这家公司撑过了最近股价的动荡。
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The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive .
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去，现在就要行动起来。
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Companies must be able to survive in the marketplace .
公司必须有能力在市场竞争中生存下去。
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Of the six people injured in the crash , only two survived .
因这次撞车事故受伤的六人中，只有两人活了下来。
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I may be stating the obvious but without more money the project cannot survive .
我这话可能多余，但是不投入更多资金，项目就难以为继。
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The company managed to survive the crisis .
公司设法渡过了危机。
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She survived her husband by ten years .
丈夫死后她又活了十年。
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Somehow he survived the jump from the third floor of the building .
不知怎么的，他从四楼上跳下来竟然幸免于难。
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Some strange customs have survived from earlier times .
有些奇怪的风俗是从早年留存下来的。
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It took energy and cunning just to survive .
既要花力气又要有心计才能维持生存。
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The business is still in crisis but it has survived the worst of the recession .
这家公司虽然仍处于危机之中，但已经挺过了经济衰退最严重的日子。
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It was only by the grace of God that they survived .
承蒙天恩，他们才幸免于难。
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Her looks had not survived the ravages of time .
她的容颜未能幸免于时间的摧残。
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The president survived a number of assassination attempts .
总统在数次暗杀企图中幸免于难。
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The Teflon Prime Minister has survived another crisis .
不倒翁首相又挺过了一次危机。
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He survived the accident with no broken bones .
他在事故中幸免于难，没有骨折。
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It was a positive miracle that we survived .
我们能够生还，完全是个奇迹。
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The town survives the onslaught of tourists every summer .
每年夏天，这座小城都要熬过一段旅游者蜂拥而至的苦日子。
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The bird is too tame now to survive in the wild .
这只鸟养得太温驯了，现在很难在野生环境中生存。
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Few buildings survived the war intact .
战争之后没几座完好的建筑了。
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Don 't worry , it 's only a scratch ─ you 'll survive .
别担心，只不过是划伤，你没事的。
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The baby boy defied all the odds and survived .
这名男婴九死一生活了下来。
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They had survived by sheer determination .
他们全凭坚强的决心幸存下来。
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The camera survived being dunked in the river .
这照相机在河里泡了一下还没坏。
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They miraculously survived the plane crash .
在空难中，他们奇迹般地幸免于难。
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The doctors were astounded he survived .
医生们十分惊愕的是他竟活过来了。
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They survive by hustling on the streets .
他们靠沿街兜售为生。
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He survived the massacre by feigning death .
他装死才在大屠杀中死里逃生。