| 单词 | live on |
| 释义 | live on or live off 1. phrasal verb If you live on or live off a particular amount of money, you have that amount of money to buy things. Even with efficient budgeting, most students are unable to live on £4000 per year. [V P amount] You'll have enough to live on. [V P amount] She had to live off £46 a week. [V P amount] 2. phrasal verb If you live on or live off a particular source of income, that is where you get the money that you need. The proportion of Americans living on welfare rose. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He's been living off state benefits. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If an animal lives on or lives off a particular food, this is the kind of food that it eats. The fish live on the plankton. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Most species live off aquatic snails. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 4. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for liveIf you say that a person lives on or lives off a particular kind of food, you mean that it seems to be the only thing that they eat, for example because they like it a lot or because they do not have other foods. The children live on chips. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Their room was bare of furniture and they lived off porridge. [VERB PARTICLE noun] live on1. live1 [sense 7] 2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for liveIf someone lives on, they continue to be alive for a long time after a particular point in time or after a particular event. I know my life has been cut short by this terrible virus but Daniel will live onafter me. [VERB PARTICLE] In other languages |
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