Survive Live Survived Continue Survives [V N Exist
To survive means to continue to live or exist, especially after facing a dangerous situation or difficult circumstances. It can also mean to live longer than someone else or to continue to exist even after a long time.
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[VERB 动词]生存；存活；幸存 If a person or living thing survives in a dangerous situation such as an accident or an illness, they do not die.
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...the sequence of events that left the eight pupils battling to survive in icy seas for over four hours...
致使这 8 个小学生在冰冷的海水里挣扎求生四个多小时的一连串事件
Those organisms that are most suited to the environment will be those that will survive...
最适宜该环境的微生物将会存活下来。
Drugs that dissolve blood clots can help people survive heart attacks.
能溶解血栓的药物会有助于治疗心脏病。
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[VERB 动词]挺过；艰难度过 If you survive in difficult circumstances, you manage to live or continue in spite of them and do not let them affect you very much.
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On my first day here I thought, 'Ooh, how will I survive?'
我第一天到这儿时就想，“天哪，我怎么能挺过去呢?”
...people who are struggling to survive without jobs...
艰难度日的失业者
Where once she had been totally self-sufficient, she now had to survive on income support.
她曾经完全能自给自足，而现在却不得不靠收入补助金维持生计。
...a man who had survived his share of boardroom coups.
董事会改组后仍然持有股份的人
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[VERB 动词]幸存；幸免于难；留存 If something survives, it continues to exist even after being in a dangerous situation or existing for a long time.
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When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not survive...
引入市场经济后，许多工厂将面临倒闭。
The chances of a planet surviving a supernova always looked terribly slim.
行星躲过超新星爆发的几率总是十分渺茫。
...surviving examples of 19th-century architecture in the MidWest.
美国中西部几处仍留存至今的19世纪建筑
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[VERB 动词]比…活得久；比…长寿 If you survive someone, you continue to live after they have died.
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Most women will survive their spouses...
大多数女性都比配偶长寿。
She is survived by two daughters from her first marriage.
她身后留下了头婚时生的两个女儿。
...William Shakespeare's last surviving descendant.
威廉·莎士比亚最后一个健在的子孙
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sur·vive★AWL/səˈvaɪv; NAmEsərˈvaɪv/verb1★[intransitive ]to continue to live or exist 生存；存活；继续存在◆She was the last surviving member of the family.她是这家人中仅存的一员。◆Of the six people injured in the crash, only two survived.因这次撞车事故受伤的六人中，只有两人活了下来。◆( humorous) ‘How are you these days?’ ‘Oh, surviving.’“你近来好吗？”“嗐，凑合过吧。”◆Don't worry, it's only a scratch—you'll survive.别担心，只不过是划伤，你没事的。survivefrom sth ◆Some strange customs have survived from earlier times.有些奇怪的风俗是从早年留存下来的。surviveon sth ◆I can't survive on £40 a week (= it is not enough for my basic needs).一星期 40 英镑，我无法维持生活。surviveas sth ◆He survived as party leader until his second election defeat.直至第二次参选失败他才不再担任党的领导人。2★[transitive ]to continue to live or exist despite a dangerous event or time 幸存；幸免于难；渡过难关survivesth ◆The company managed to survive the crisis.公司设法渡过了危机。◆Many birds didn't survive the severe winter.很多鸟死于这次严冬。survivesth + adj. ◆Few buildings survived the war intact.战争之后没几座完好的建筑了。3[transitive ]survivesb/sth to live or exist longer than sb/sth 比…活（或存在）的时间长SYN
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◆She survived her husband by ten years.丈夫死后她又活了十年。survivesurvivessurvivedsurvivingsur·vive/səˈvaɪv; NAmEsərˈvaɪv/
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survivesur‧vive /səˈvaɪv $ sər-/ ●●●S2W2AWL verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to continue to live after an accident, war, or illness: Only 12 of the 140 passengers survived. She survived the attack. people who survive cancer2[intransitive, transitive] to continue to live normally in spite of many problems: I’m sure she will survive this crisis. I’ve had a tough few months, but I’ll survive.3[intransitive] to manage to live a normal life even though you have very little moneysurvive on I don’t know how you all manage to survive on Jeremy’s salary. the amount that a family needs each week just to survive4[intransitive] to continue to exist after a long time: A few pages of the original manuscript still survive.survive from Several buildings in the town have survived from medieval times.survive into an old custom which has survived into the twenty-first centurysurvive as The main building was demolished, but the library still survives as a museum.5[intransitive, transitive] to continue to be successful: The car industry cannot survive without government help. A lot of smaller firms did not survive the recession.6[transitive] to live longer than someone else, usually someone closely related to you: He is survived by his wife Sue.