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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary sur·vi·vor noun ⇨ see survive English Etymology survivor 1504, in the legal sense of "one who outlives another," from survive. Meaning "one who has a knack for pulling through adversity" is attested from 1971. Survivor syndrome is first recorded 1968. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 survivor sur·vivor / sE5vaivE(r); NAmE sEr5v- / noun a person who continues to live, especially despite being nearly killed or experiencing great danger or difficulty 幸存者；生还者；挺过困难者: the sole / only survivor of the massacre 那场大屠杀的唯一幸存者 The plane crashed in an area of dense jungle. There were no survivors. 飞机坠落在一个丛林茂密的地区。无人生还。 There are only a few survivors from the original team (= members who remain in it while others have been replaced). 最初的队员只剩下几名了。 She'll cope. She's six of life's great survivors (= sb who deals very well with difficult situations). 她能挺过去。生活中什么样的困难她都能对付。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English survivor ADJ. great Like all great survivors, she has a ruthless streak. | the last, the only, a rare, the sole This grand park is a rare survivor from the eighteenth century. | bomb, crash VERB + SURVIVOR find, pick up, rescue The navy helped pick up the survivors. | look/search for The emergency services searched all night for crash survivors. PREP. ~ from a survivor from the Titanic Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: joint and survivor annuity , or joint life and survivor annuity sur·vi·vor \sərˈvīvər, səˈvīvə(r\ noun (-s) : one that survives: a. : one that outlives another : one remaining alive after another's death b. : one of two or more legally designated persons (as joint tenants or holders of a joint interest) who outlives one or more of the others c. : one living through a time, event, or development marked by the death of others < interviewed survivors of the air raid > d. : one continuing to exist, function, or compete after others have ceased to do so < survivors of the first heat > < only survivor of six newspapers founded in the 19th century >
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