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live on
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | live on - continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"survive, last, live, endure, hold out, hold up, golive, be - have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"subsist, exist, survive, live - support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"hold water, stand up, hold up - resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"perennate - survive from season to season, of plantslive out - live out one's life; live to the end |
Translationslive1 (liv) verb1. to have life; to be alive. This poison is dangerous to everything that lives. 有生命，活著 生存，活着 2. to survive. The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live.; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience. 存活 存活3. to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place). She lives next to the church.; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house. 居住 居住4. to pass (one's life). He lived a life of luxury.; She lives in fear of being attacked. 生活 生活5. (with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself. He lives by fishing. 過活 过活-lived adjective having (a certain type of) life. long-lived. 以某種型態生活的(後綴) 以某种型态生活的（后缀） ˈliving adjective1. having life; being alive. a living creature; The aim of the project was to discover if there was anything living on Mars. 活的 活的2. now alive. the greatest living artist. 活著的 活着的 noun the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive. He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author. 生活 生活ˈliving-room noun the room of a house etc in which the occupants of the house usually sit during their leisure time. 客廳 起居室live-in adjective living in the same place with a sexual partner without being married to him/her. a live-in partner/boyfriend. 同住的 同居的live and let live to tolerate other people's actions and expect them to tolerate one's own. 待人如己 各自生活不相扰，待人宽容如待己 live down to live through the shame of (a foolish act etc) till it is forgotten. 改過自新直到過錯被人遺忘 改正行为而使...被人遗忘live in/out to have one's home at, away from, the place where one works. All the hotel staff live in; The nurse chose to live out. 住在工作地點，不住在工作地點 住进，住在外面 live on1. to keep oneself alive by eating. He lives on fish and potatoes. 吃某物維生 以...为主食2. to be supported (financially) by. He lives on $40 a week. 靠...生活 靠...生活live up to to behave in a manner worthy of. He found it difficult to live up to his reputation as a hero. 達到(某水準)，不辜負(期望) 符合，达到预期标准，不辜负 ... 的希望 (with)in living memory within a period recent enough to be remembered by someone still alive. It was the worst harvest in living memory. 在人們的記憶中 在当今人的记忆中live on
live on1. To use some resource as one's means of survival or financial security. I guess we should be glad to get anything at all from social welfare, but how do they expect us to live on $300 a month? I had to live on berries and birds' eggs while I was stranded in the wilderness.2. To continue to survive or endure. Everyone thought print books would vanish with the rise of eBook readers, but printed media lives on even now.3. To remain in people's memory after someone dies or something ceases. We'll all miss her terribly, but the memory of our grandmother will live on in everyone who knew and loved her. Even twenty years after the war ended, fear of the enemy lives on in this country.See also: live, onlive on somethingto depend on something for sustenance. (Compare this with live off someone or something.) I can't live on bread and water. We can hardly live on $500 a week.See also: live, onlive on(after someone or something) to be remembered long after someone or something might otherwise be forgotten or dead, in the case of persons. His good works will live on long after him. Fears of war will live on after the actual conflict. I hope my memory lives on.See also: live, onlive on an amount of moneyto live on a specific amount of money; to manage to live on a specific amount of money. Can you live on only that much money? I can live on a very small amount of money.See also: amount, live, money, of, onlive on1. Be financially supported by, subsist on, as in His pension is too small to live on. [Mid-1600s] 2. Continue to survive, especially unexpectedly, as in They thought the cancer would kill her, but Lucy lived on for another twenty years. 3. Remain in human memory, as in This book will live on long after the author's death. See also: live, onlive onv.1. To survive or provide for one's needs by using some resource: The retiree had to live on a fixed income. The family lived on $30,000 a year.2. To persist; endure: Although The Beatles broke up decades ago, their music lives on.See also: live, onEncyclopediaSeelivelive on
Synonyms for live onverb continue to live through hardship or adversitySynonyms- survive
- last
- live
- endure
- hold out
- hold up
- go
Related Words- live
- be
- subsist
- exist
- survive
- hold water
- stand up
- hold up
- perennate
- live out
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