| 单词 | surviving |
| 释义 | surviving (once / 1052 pages) adj Someone who is still living, even after the death of another or the end of a situation or event, is said to be surviving. For example, if a person dies, the husband or wife is "the surviving spouse." The Greek philosopher Epicurus said, "You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity." The word surviving is the adjectival form of the verb survive, which comes from the Latin vivere, "to live," plus the prefix super-, "over, beyond." The surviving person is the one who manages to go on living after another's death. The word has a legal importance, in that a surviving person may be an heir. WORD FAMILYsurvive: survival, survived, survives, surviving, survivor+/survival: survivalist, survivals/survivalist: survivalists/survivor: survivors USAGE EXAMPLESThis was more a story of resilience, of surviving a nightmarish third quarter and finding some kind of resolve in the closing minutes. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Iridium is looking to replace the surviving 65 original satellites with 70 new satellites, each about the size of a Mini Cooper car. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) So much of the time the NFL is about surviving calamity. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) adj still in existence the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania Syn living extant still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost |
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