首页英语词典livelive英英释意

live

英 [lɪv] 美[lɪv]
  • adj. 活的;生动的;实况转播的;精力充沛的
  • vt. 经历;度过
  • vi. 活;居住;生存
  • n. (Live)人名;(法)利夫

英英释意


1. make one's home or live in;
"She resides officially in Iceland"
"I live in a 200-year old house"
"These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"
"The plains are sparsely populated"
2. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style;
"we had to live frugally after the war"
3. continue to live; endure or last;
"We went without water and food for 3 days"
"These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"
"The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
4. support oneself;
"he could barely exist on such a low wage"
"Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"
"Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
5. have life, be alive;
"Our great leader is no more"
"My grandfather lived until the end of war"
6. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;
"I know the feeling!"
"have you ever known hunger?"
"I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"
"The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"
"I lived through two divorces"
7. pursue a positive and satisfying existence;
"You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"