| 单词 | live on sth |
| 释义 | live on sth live on sth (FOOD) — phrasal verb with live /lɪv/ verb ► B2 to only eat a particular type of food: » I more or less live on pasta.Thesaurus+: ↑Eating , ↑Biting, chewing and swallowing• • • Extra Examples:» They live on a diet of maize.» Our cat lives on chicken and milk.» You can't live on chips.» They live on fast food.» They have to live on what they can grow themselves. live on sth (MONEY) — phrasal verb with live /lɪv/ verb ► B2 If you live on an amount of money, that is the money that you use to buy the things that you need: » We lived on very little when we first got married.Thesaurus+: ↑Paying and spending money• • • Extra Examples:» I can live on my inheritance.» The job provides enough to live on.» His earnings aren't enough to live on.» They live on the money they earn from growing tobacco.» It's hard to imagine what these people live on. |
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