live
柯林斯词典
- VERB USES
1. V-I If someone lives in a particular place or with a particular person, their home is in that place or with that person. 居住
She has lived here for 10 years. 她在这里住了10年了。
Where do you live?
你住在哪里?
2. V-T/V-I If you say that someone lives in particular circumstances or that they live a particular kind of life, you mean that they are in those circumstances or that they have that kind of life. 生活
We lived quite grandly. 我们生活得相当快乐。
Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time. 与生活在仅仅几代之前的人相比,我们有更大的过得快乐的机会。
3. V-I If you say that someone lives for a particular thing, you mean that it is the most important thing in their life. (为…而) 活
He lived for his work. 他为了工作而活。
4. V-T/V-I To live means to be alive. If someone lives to a particular age, they stay alive until they are that age. 活着
He's got a terrible disease and will not live long. 他得了一种重病,活不长了。
He lived to be 103. 他活到了103岁。
5. V-I If people live by doing a particular activity, they get the money, food, or clothing they need by doing that activity. 以…为生[no cont]
...the last indigenous people to live by hunting. …最后一个以打猎为生的土著民族。
6. →see also living
7. PHRASE If you live it up, you have a very enjoyable and exciting time, for example by going to lots of parties or going out drinking with friends. 尽情玩乐[非正式]
There is no reason why you couldn't live it up once in a while. 没有理由不让你偶尔尽情玩乐一下的。
8. to live hand to mouth→see hand
PHRASE
1. ADJ Live animals or plants are alive, rather than being dead or artificial. 活的[ADJ n]
...a protest against the company's tests on live animals. …反对该公司对活的动物进行实验的抗议。
2. ADJ A live television or radio programme is one in which an event or performance is broadcast at exactly the same time as it happens, rather than being recorded first. 现场直播的
Murray was a guest on a live radio show. 默里曾是一个无线电直播节目的嘉宾。
They watch all the live matches. 他们观看所有现场直播的比赛。
3. ADV Live is also an adverb. 现场直播地[ADV after v]
It was broadcast live in 50 countries. 它在50个国家进行了现场直播。
4. ADJ A live performance is given in front of an audience, rather than being recorded and then broadcast or shown in a film. 现场表演的
The Rainbow has not hosted live music since the end of 1981. 彩虹乐队自1981年底以来还没有举办过现场音乐会。
A live audience will pose the questions. 一位现场观众将会提些问题。
5. ADV Live is also an adverb. 现场表演地[ADV after v]
Kat Bjelland has been playing live with her new band. 凯特·本杰拉德与她的新乐团一直在进行现场表演。
6. ADJ A live wire or piece of electrical equipment is directly connected to a source of electricity. 带电的
The plug broke, exposing live wires. 插头坏了,露出带电的电线。
7. ADJ Live bullets are made of metal, rather than rubber or plastic, and are intended to kill people rather than injure them. 实 (弹) 的
They trained in the jungle using live ammunition. 他们在丛林里使用真枪实弹进行训练。
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live /lɪv/ (living,lived,lives)
ADJECTIVE USES
live /laɪv/
剑桥词典
- Mrs Jones is failing fast , and the doctor doesn't think she'll live much longer .
- Few people live beyond the age of a hundred.
- The study found that men who were married lived longer than those who were not.
- All animals have to eat in order to live.
- Her joy at the birth of her son was tinged with sadness that her father had not lived to see him.
- She went to live abroad after the break-up of her marriage .
- Do you know the people who live at No. 17?
- I don't like the idea of living so far away from my family .
- It's very convenient that you live near the office .
- We live on a quiet road .
- He likes to live dangerously .
- I quite like wine but I could live without it.
- You can't expect to live in a continual state of marital bliss .
- We live in a toughly competitive world .
- She's miserable living on her own.
- They have to steal to live.
- He lives by catching fish .
- They live off the proceeds from selling the palace .
- He lives off other people's kindness .
- They lived by gathering nuts and seeds .
live verb (BE ALIVE)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 ](to continue ) to be alive or have life
生存;活着
He only lived a few days after the accident . 出事后他只活了几天就死了。
[ 动词后面接一个带to的不定式 ] I hope I live to see my grandchildren . 我希望我能活到看见我孙辈的那一天。
Her granny lived to the ripe old age of 94. 她奶奶活到了94岁高龄。
Can the right to live ever be denied to any human ? 人的生存权可以剥夺吗?
She lived on well into her 90s. 她一直活到了90多岁。
例句
live verb (HAVE A HOME)
live in, at, etc.to have your home somewhere
住,居住
Where do you live? 你住在哪里?
We live in Kingston. 我们住在京士顿。
Some students live on the University campus . 有些学生住在大学校园里。
He lives with four other people in a shared house . 他和另外4个人同住在一所房子里。
例句
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 ] informal
to be kept usually in a particular place
放,放置,保存
Where do the knives live in your kitchen ? 刀具放在你厨房的什么地方?
I'm not sure where this bowl lives. 我不知道这只碗该放在哪里。
live verb (SPEND LIFE)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 经常 后面必须接副词或介词的动词, 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to spend your life in a particular way
生活,过活
After a while you get used to living alone . 过一段时间你会适应一个人生活的。
When you retire , you want to live a comfortable life . 退休的时候,大家都希望能过上舒适的生活。
So the couple got married and lived happily ever after. 于是这对情侣结了婚,从此过上了幸福的生活。
He simply wants to live (out) (= experience ) the rest of his days in peace . 他只想能安度余生。
The TV's broken - we'll just have to live without (= not have) it for a while. 电视机坏了 ——这段时间我们只好不看电视了。
She certainly lived her life to the full (= was always doing something interesting ). 她当然活得非常充实。
figurative The US is living beyond its means (= spending more than it earns ). 美国人过的是借钱享乐的日子。
例句
live verb (STAY ALIVE)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 ]to stay alive , especially by getting enough money to pay for food , a place to stay , clothing , etc.
活着;(尤指靠…)过活,生活
For several years she lived by begging . 她以乞讨为生过了好几年。
She has an inheritance to live off (US also live off of) so she doesn't need to work . 她可以靠遗产生活,不必工作。
He only agreed to marry her so he could live off her (money ). 他同意和她结婚只是为了她的钱。
例句
live verb (CONTINUE)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 ](of things that are not alive ) to exist or continue to exist
(指逝去的事物)继续存在,留存
The memory of those terrible days lives on. 对那些恐怖的日子的记忆挥之不去。
live verb (INTERESTING LIFE)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 ]to have an interesting life
享受生活的乐趣,尽情地享受生活
I want to live a little before I settle down. 在安定下来之前我要好好享受一下生活。
If you haven't seen Venice, you haven't lived. 如果你没到过威尼斯,就等于白活了一场。
习语
live (on) in the memorylive your own life
live a lie
live and breathe sth
live and let live
live by your wits
live in sin
live it up
live like a king/lord
live to fight another day
更多习语
live to tell the tale
lived in
live out your dreams/fantasies
never live sth down
within living memory
you live and learn
短语动词
live for sth/sblive in
live off sb/sth
live on sth
live out
live out sth
live through sth
live together
live up to sth
live with sb
更多短语动词
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