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to continue to live or exist 生存；存活；继续存在 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。 🔊🔊 Many of these teachers are struggling to survive financially. 这些老师中有许多人正艰难地维持生计。 He must betray his friend in order to survive. 为了生存他必须背叛他的朋友。 The children had to survive by begging and stealing. 孩子们只得靠行乞和偷窃艰难度日。 - (humorous)
‘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。 🔊🔊 - survive from something
Some strange customs have survived from earlier times. 有些奇怪的风俗是从早年留存下来的。 🔊🔊 - survive on something
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。 🔊🔊 They spent two months in the jungle, surviving on small animals and fruit. 他们在丛林里度过了两个月，靠小动物和水果生存。 - survive as something
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。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesOnly one copy of the book still survives. 这本书只留下了一本孤本。 Companies need to keep to deadlines if they are to survive and thrive. 公司如果想要生存和发展，必须在截止日期前完成任务。 Four of their five chickens survived to adulthood. 他们的 5 只小鸡中有 4 只活到了成年。 Nobody can survive long without water. 没有水任何人都活不长久。 Once diagnosed with lung cancer, a patient is lucky to survive for five years. 病人被诊断得了肺癌，能再活5 年就算是万幸了。 Seedlings survive better in stony soil. 幼苗在多石的土壤中能更好地存活。 She cannot hope to survive long in power. 她不能指望长期掌权。 She survived through two world wars. 她经历了两次世界大战而幸存。 The frescoes have survived remarkably well. 壁画保存得相当完好。 The islanders could barely survive without an export crop. 没有出口作物，岛上的居民几乎无法生存。 The original apple tree survived until 1911. 原先那棵苹果树一直存活到 1911 年。 Very little has survived from this period of history. 这段历史时期遗留下来的东西很少。 I can just about survive on what I earn. 我挣的钱仅够糊口。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- barely
- hardly
- …
- struggle to
- be able to
- can
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- as
- from
- into
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- the only surviving…
- the sole surviving…
- survive and prosper
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- [transitive]
to continue to live or exist despite a dangerous event or time 幸存；幸免于难；艰难度过 - survive something
Her 5-year-old son miraculously survived the crash. 她的5岁儿子奇迹般地幸免于难。 He only survived the attack because he was wearing body armour. 他只是因为身穿盔甲而幸免于难。 Many birds didn't survive the severe winter. 很多鸟死于这次严冬。 🔊🔊 The company managed to survive the crisis. 公司设法渡过了危机。 🔊🔊 - survive something + adj.
Few buildings survived the war intact. 战争之后没几座完好的建筑了。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesA young boy miraculously survived a 25 000-volt electric shock. 一个小男孩在遭受了 2.5 万伏的电击后奇迹般地活了下来。 The prime minister narrowly survived a leadership challenge. 首相在一次对其领导地位的挑战中勉强挺过去了。 Doctors did not expect him to survive the night. 医生们不指望他能活过这个晚上。 He narrowly survived several assassination attempts. 几次暗杀行动让他差点儿命丧黄泉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- barely
- hardly
- …
- struggle to
- be able to
- can
- …
- as
- from
- into
- …
- the only surviving…
- the sole surviving…
- survive and prosper
- …
- survive something
- [transitive] survive somebody/something
to live or exist longer than somebody/something 比…活（或存在）的时间长
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French sourvivre, from Latin supervivere, from super- ‘in addition’ + vivere ‘live’.