| 单词 | to live out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto live out to live out 1. transitive. a. To complete (a term of life); to survive the end of (a period of time). Also (Irish English): to outlive (a person). ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > outlast to live out1535 outlast1570 outwear1579 outlive1582 supervive1586 outflourish1594 to stand out1600 outdure1611 outstanda1616 outsit1633 survive1633 endure1636 stay1639 outmeasure1646 superlast1648 outstaya1652 last1658 tarrya1662 superannuate1820 outrange1887 to see out1897 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lv. 23 The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State x. 25 Anciently they were, at least, to live out their annum luctus, their yeare of sorrow. 1702 W. Coward Second Thoughts xi. 421 The Wicked shall not live out half their Days. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. i. 44 Wizards and conjurers prognosticating that she should not live out a year. 1899 G. N. Boothby Dr. Nikola's Experim. ii. 55 He was as certain as any one possibly could be that the chap could not live out the week. 1902 Eng. Dial. Dict. III. (at cited word) A begood tae think she wuz gaun tae leeve me oot fur it. 1945 H. L. Mencken Diary 30 Apr. (1989) 362 Thus Lillie lived out her days. 1971 M. Pilisuk & P. Pilisuk Poor Amer. 67 When we visited him in hospital he appeared serene, although he must have known that he would not live out the week. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 114 All I want..is to live out my remaining years with my beloved friend. b. To weather (a storm). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > pass through (danger or adversity) passa1325 to wear out1617 weathera1631 to come through ——1655 survive1717 to live out1719 overa1800 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 287 The Savages in the Boat never could live out the Storm. 1857 T. H. Gladstone Englishman in Kansas x. 116 Quiet and industrious settlers from the North, silently trying to live out the storm. 1967 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 27 175/2 They can defensively turn inward to their own communities and follow a policy of noninvolvement, hoping to live out the storm. 2000 SF Weekly (Calif.) (Nexis) 6 Sept. Delilah..lived out the storm crammed inside her barbecue smoker. 2. transitive. To act out, realize, put into practice (a role, ideal, fantasy, etc.). ΚΠ a1680 T. Brooks Unsearchable Riches of Christ v, in Select Wks. (1824) I. 210 He lived up to his principles, he lived out his principles, when he was put hard to it. 1849 H. Withington in J. H. Allen Mem. Hiram Withington x. 160 He quietly speaks out, and lives out, his own convictions, calling upon other men to speak and to live out theirs. 1859 G. Smith Three Disc. on Relig. of Reason 63 To be truly good..is..to enjoy the freedom of living out our own good nature and being ourselves. 1897 Catholic World June 409 D. O'Kelly Branden will probably live out his own ideal of the poet as speaking to the sadder..moods of men and women in short scraps of verse. 1921 Glasgow Herald 10 Feb. 9/4 The President..said the Prince lived out consistently the motto of Rotarians. 1997 Bizarre Mar. 59/3 Rene believes orgies are on many men's sexual shopping list but only a few live out their fantasies. 3. intransitive. To reside outside an establishment; spec. to reside away from one's place of work. Opposed to to live in. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > dwell on premises or not to live out1855 to live over the shop1862 to live in1890 1855 ‘M. Harland’ Hidden Path vii. 78 She has never lived out before. 1896 C. Booth Life & Labour London VII. 218 Men..who live out not unfrequently help themselves to food. 1938 M. Cole in M. Cole & C. Smith Democratic Sweden xvii. 301 The total cost of the medical degree..is calculated to be just under 22,000 kr. for students living out. 2006 K. Boehm & J. Lees-Spalding Student Bk. 2007 287 Students living out tend to congregate in the Chesterton Road or Mill Road areas. < as lemmas |
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