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单词 survival
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survival

noun
 OPAL WOPAL S
/səˈvaɪvl/
/sərˈvaɪvl/
Idioms
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  1.  
    [uncountable] the state of continuing to live or exist, often despite difficulty or danger
    • the struggle/battle/fight for survival
    • His only chance of survival was a heart transplant.
    • Exporting is necessary for our economic survival.
    • Continued trade in these products is a threat to the survival of the species.
    Extra Examples
    • Chemotherapy can prolong survival in cancer patients.
    • Doctors gave him only a 50% chance of survival.
    • For the poorest people, life was merely a matter of survival.
    • He lacked the common instinct for survival.
    • Here, life is a battle for survival.
    • The campaign will hopefully ensure the survival of the tiger.
    • The arrival of this South American predator threatened the survival of native species.
    • his survival as leader
    • the chance survival of the king's letters to his mistress
    • In rare cases, a mutation confers a survival advantage to the organism.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long-term
    • short-term
    • continued
    verb + survival
    • fight for
    • assure
    • ensure
    survival + noun
    • chances
    • rate
    • skills
    preposition
    • survival against
    • survival as
    phrases
    • a battle for survival
    • a fight for survival
    • a struggle for survival
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  2. [countable] survival (from something) something that has continued to exist from an earlier time synonym relic
    • The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times.
Idioms
the survival of the fittest
  1. the principle that only the people or things that are best adapted to their environment will continue to existTopics Biologyc2

Survival

/səˈvaɪvl/
/sərˈvaɪvl/
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  1. a popular British television series about nature. Each programme described the life of a particular wild animal. It was broadcast from the 1960s until the 1990s.
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