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单词 survivor
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Definition of survivor in English:

survivor

noun səˈvʌɪvəsərˈvaɪvər
  • 1A person who survives, especially a person remaining alive after an event in which others have died.

    he was the sole survivor of the massacre
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘It is the last opportunity to do this while survivors are still alive,’ he said.
    • I think it's a great idea, and it honors the survivors of that horrible tragedy.
    • The survivors of the disaster would never forget what they saw that night.
    • Workers take donations from people who want to help tsunami survivors in the affected countries.
    • Holocaust survivors also go through the normal, mundane routines of daily life.
    • Many burn survivors have reported the same behaviour.
    • In their own words, child survivors recount the horrific event and the desperate weeks that followed.
    • What was it like competing with fellow breast cancer survivors?
    • The few survivors had clung to the vessel for more than two hours before fishing boats rescued them.
    • One survivor said the building came down in the blink of an eye.
    • The sole survivor of a plane crash in the Guatemalan jungle, she has lost much of her memory.
    • She may be a lone survivor, but her sisters would have been exact replicas.
    • There have been harrowing stories of some of the few survivors still alive.
    • A schoolteacher yesterday gave up his Christmas holidays to help the survivors of the tsunami in Asia.
    • Around 70 percent of tsunami survivors still have psychological problems three months later, according to official figures.
    • Reporters went to Vietnam to interview survivors of the event who clearly corroborated official accounts.
    • He reminded the nation that he was the son of a holocaust survivor.
    • Therapy is beneficial for most survivors of disasters, especially if intervention is rapid.
    • Two of her sisters are also breast cancer survivors and another had colorectal cancer.
    • One third of all stroke survivors experience aphasia, or impaired comprehension and speech.
    1. 1.1 The remainder of a group of people or things.
      a survivor from last year's team
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A rare survivor from the Victorian age, the gardens have been returned to their heyday and are full of spectacular spring bulbs.
      • A rare survivor is the giant camera that still stands upon San Francisco's western cliffs.
      • Sure there are some rare survivors of the era, but how have they held up?
      • Wentworth Castle was designed as a trophy home, built for the decadence and frivolity of the Georgian days and the glasshouse is a rare survivor of these times.
      • The huge yacht house is a rare survivor of a virtually vanished building type.
      Synonyms
      residue, legacy, vestige, trace
    2. 1.2 A person who copes well with difficulties in their life.
      she is a born survivor
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She's a born survivor, a walking miracle and something of a local celebrity, all at the tender age of just three.
      • He dismisses the influence of having to adjust to a new land and a new people might have had on him as a teenager and suddenly you understand he was born a survivor.
      • A social chameleon and born survivor, Sneath is there as events unfold and is around to tell the story later.
    3. 1.3Law A joint tenant who has the right to the whole estate on the other's death.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That joint tenant subsequently died and the survivor claimed that there had been no valid severance in this instance.
      • This means that on the death of the first of you the survivor automatically becomes the owner of the whole property.
      • It was agreed in the event of either death the estate of the deceased would pass to the survivor.
      • Property held under a joint tenancy rather than separately passes to the survivor on death.
      • Under their wills, the house will pass to the survivor on the death of either of them.

Rhymes

conniver, contriver, diver, driver, fiver, Godiva, Ivor, jiver, Liver, reviver, saliva, skiver, striver, viva
 
 

Definition of survivor in US English:

survivor

nounsərˈvīvərsərˈvaɪvər
  • 1A person who survives, especially a person remaining alive after an event in which others have died.

    the sole survivor of the massacre
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Reporters went to Vietnam to interview survivors of the event who clearly corroborated official accounts.
    • She may be a lone survivor, but her sisters would have been exact replicas.
    • Two of her sisters are also breast cancer survivors and another had colorectal cancer.
    • Workers take donations from people who want to help tsunami survivors in the affected countries.
    • In their own words, child survivors recount the horrific event and the desperate weeks that followed.
    • Around 70 percent of tsunami survivors still have psychological problems three months later, according to official figures.
    • Many burn survivors have reported the same behaviour.
    • One third of all stroke survivors experience aphasia, or impaired comprehension and speech.
    • Holocaust survivors also go through the normal, mundane routines of daily life.
    • ‘It is the last opportunity to do this while survivors are still alive,’ he said.
    • The survivors of the disaster would never forget what they saw that night.
    • Therapy is beneficial for most survivors of disasters, especially if intervention is rapid.
    • There have been harrowing stories of some of the few survivors still alive.
    • The few survivors had clung to the vessel for more than two hours before fishing boats rescued them.
    • The sole survivor of a plane crash in the Guatemalan jungle, she has lost much of her memory.
    • He reminded the nation that he was the son of a holocaust survivor.
    • What was it like competing with fellow breast cancer survivors?
    • One survivor said the building came down in the blink of an eye.
    • A schoolteacher yesterday gave up his Christmas holidays to help the survivors of the tsunami in Asia.
    • I think it's a great idea, and it honors the survivors of that horrible tragedy.
    1. 1.1 The remainder of a group of people or things.
      a survivor from last year's team
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Wentworth Castle was designed as a trophy home, built for the decadence and frivolity of the Georgian days and the glasshouse is a rare survivor of these times.
      • A rare survivor is the giant camera that still stands upon San Francisco's western cliffs.
      • A rare survivor from the Victorian age, the gardens have been returned to their heyday and are full of spectacular spring bulbs.
      • The huge yacht house is a rare survivor of a virtually vanished building type.
      • Sure there are some rare survivors of the era, but how have they held up?
      Synonyms
      residue, legacy, vestige, trace
    2. 1.2 A person who copes well with difficulties in their life.
      she is a born survivor
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He dismisses the influence of having to adjust to a new land and a new people might have had on him as a teenager and suddenly you understand he was born a survivor.
      • A social chameleon and born survivor, Sneath is there as events unfold and is around to tell the story later.
      • She's a born survivor, a walking miracle and something of a local celebrity, all at the tender age of just three.
    3. 1.3Law A joint tenant who has the right to the whole estate on the other's death.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Property held under a joint tenancy rather than separately passes to the survivor on death.
      • Under their wills, the house will pass to the survivor on the death of either of them.
      • This means that on the death of the first of you the survivor automatically becomes the owner of the whole property.
      • It was agreed in the event of either death the estate of the deceased would pass to the survivor.
      • That joint tenant subsequently died and the survivor claimed that there had been no valid severance in this instance.
 
 
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