survivor

sur·vive

S0921700 (sər-vīv′)v. sur·vived, sur·viv·ing, sur·vives v.intr.1. To remain alive or in existence.2. To carry on despite hardships or trauma; persevere: families that were surviving in tents after the flood.3. To remain functional or usable: I dropped the radio, but it survived.v.tr.1. To live longer than; outlive: She survived her husband by five years.2. To live, persist, or remain usable through: plants that can survive frosts; a clock that survived a fall.3. To cope with (a trauma or setback); persevere after: survived child abuse.

---

[Middle English surviven, from Old French sourvivre, from Latin supervīvere : super-, super- + vīvere, to live; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

---

sur·vi′vor n.

survivor

(səˈvaɪvə) n1. a person or thing that survives2. (Law) property law one of two or more specified persons having joint interests in property who lives longer than the other or others and thereby becomes entitled to the whole property surˈvivorˌship n

sur•vi•vor

(sərˈvaɪ vər)

n. 1. a person or thing that survives. 2. Law. the one of two or more designated persons, as joint tenants or others having a joint interest, who outlives the other or others. [1495–1505]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	survivor - one who lives through affliction; "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital"subsisterunfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
	2.	survivor - one who outlives another; "he left his farm to his survivors"individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	3.	survivor - an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Translations

幸存者

survive

(səˈvaiv) verb1. to remain alive in spite of (a disaster etc). Few birds managed to survive the bad winter; He didn't survive long after the accident. 活下來，倖免於 活下来，幸存，挺过 2. to live longer than. He died in 1940 but his wife survived him by another twenty years; He is survived by his wife and two sons. 比...活得長 比...活得长surˈvival noun the state of surviving. the problem of survival in sub-zero temperatures; (also adjective) survival equipment. 倖存 幸存surˈviving adjective remaining alive. She has no surviving relatives. 倖存的 幸存的surˈvivor noun a person who survives a disaster etc. There were no survivors of the air crash. 倖存者 幸存者

survivor

→ 幸存者zhCN