survive
Definitions
To continue to live or exist after danger, hardship, or near death
幸存，活下来；在……之后继续存在
To remain alive after someone else's death; to outlive
比……活得长；（某人死后）仍在世
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedsur- (a worn-down form of super-, 'above/beyond') + vive (vīvere, 'live') = 'to live beyond.' Picture a point on a timeline — a crash, a war, an illness — and someone who keeps living past it. The same image runs the other way too: 'she is survived by two sons' means they go on living after she dies.
Root viv still carries 48 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.survive a disaster在灾难中幸存
- 2.barely survive勉强活下来
- 3.survive on靠……维生
- 4.manage to survive设法生存下来
Example Sentences
- 1.
Only a handful of passengers survived the plane crash.
- 2.
These plants can survive long periods without water.
- 3.
He was survived by his wife and three children.
- 4.
Somehow the old custom has survived into the modern age.
Synonym Comparison
- survive — keep living through/past danger; can be transitive (survive a war)
- endure — withstand pain or hardship over time, emphasis on toughness
- outlive — live longer than another person or thing
- persist — keep existing or going on, often despite opposition
- withstand — resist a force without giving way (withstand pressure)