单词 | live on |
释义 | live onlive on phrasal verbphr v a) SURVIVEif something lives on, it continues to exist 继续存在着 Alice’s memory will live on. 艾丽斯会一直留在大家的记忆里。 b) live on something to have a particular amount of money to buy food and other necessary things 依靠某物生活 I don’t know how they manage to live on £55 a week. 我不知道他们一个星期55英镑是怎么过日子的。 the number of families who live on benefits 靠救济过日子的家庭数量 c) live on something to eat a lot of a particular type of food 主要吃某种食物 They live on bread and potatoes. 他们以面包和马铃薯为主食。 He practically lives on fish and chips! 他几乎以吃炸鱼和薯条为生! Examples from the Corpus live on• How much do you need to live on?• $35,000 a year sounds like a lot of money, but it's scarcely enough to live on in New York. → live on at live1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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