survive

释义

sur-（super- 的弱化形，"在……之上/越过"）+ vive（vīvere，"活"）="活过去"。想象时间线上的一个点——空难、战争、疾病——有人越过它继续活着。同样的画面也能反过来用：she is survived by two sons 意为她去世后两个儿子仍在世。

常用搭配

• 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

例句

• 1.

  Only a handful of passengers survived the plane crash.

  只有少数几名乘客在空难中幸存。

• 2.

  These plants can survive long periods without water.

  这些植物能在长期缺水的情况下存活。

• 3.

  He was survived by his wife and three children.

  他去世后留下妻子和三个孩子。

• 4.

  Somehow the old custom has survived into the modern age.

  这个古老的习俗竟然一直延续到了现代。

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