| 单词 | live on |
| 释义 | live on or live off 1. phrasal verb B2 If you live on or live off a particular amount of money, you have that amount of money to buy things. Even with efficient budgeting, most students are unable to live on £4000 per year. [V P amount] You'll have enough to live on. [V P amount] She had to live off £46 a week. [V P amount] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you live on or live off a particular source of income, that is where you get the money that you need. The proportion of Americans living on welfare rose. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He's been living off state benefits. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb B2 If an animal lives on or lives off a particular food, this is the kind of food that it eats. The fish live on the plankton. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Most species live off aquatic snails. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 4. phrasal verb B2 See full dictionary entry for live If you say that a person lives on or lives off a particular kind of food, you mean that it seems to be the only thing that they eat, for example because they like it a lot or because they do not have other foods. The children live on chips. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Their room was bare of furniture and they lived off porridge. [VERB PARTICLE noun] live on 1. live1 [sense 7]verb [no cont] 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. [VERB with noun] His name will live in history as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. [VERB in noun] 2. phrasal verb B2 See full dictionary entry for live If someone lives on, they continue to be alive for a long time after a particular point in time or after a particular event. I know my life has been cut short by this terrible virus but Daniel will live on after me. [VERB PARTICLE] Translations: Chinese: 靠...生活 Japanese: ･･･にたよって暮らす |
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