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survival

noun
 OPAL WOPAL S
🔊/səˈvaɪvl/
🔊/sərˈvaɪvl/
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    [uncountable] the state of continuing to live or exist, often despite difficulty or danger生存；存活；幸存
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • Continued trade in these products is a threat to the survival of the species.这些产品的持续贸易对物种的生存构成威胁。
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    • Chemotherapy can prolong survival in cancer patients.化疗能延长癌症病人的生命。
    • Doctors gave him only a 50% chance of survival.医生说他只有 50% 的存活几率。
    • For the poorest people, life was merely a matter of survival.对最贫穷的人来说，生活只是争取活命。
    • He lacked the common instinct for survival.他缺乏起码的生存本能。
    • Here, life is a battle for survival.在这里，活着就是为生存而战。
    • The campaign will hopefully ensure the survival of the tiger.这次宣传运动有望确保老虎的生存。
    • The arrival of this South American predator threatened the survival of native species.这种南美捕食者的到来威胁到了当地物种的生存。
    • his survival as leader他的领导地位的维持
    • the chance survival of the king's letters to his mistress国王给情妇的信的意外存留
    • In rare cases, a mutation confers a survival advantage to the organism.在极少数情况下，基因突变会给生物带来生存优势。
    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残存物；幸存事物 synonym relic
    • The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times.这种仪式是从公元前遗留下来的。🔊🔊
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the survival of the fittest
  1. the principle that only the people or things that are best adapted to their environment will continue to exist适者生存Topics Biologyc2

Survival

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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.