1 [I,T] to continue to live or exist in or after a difficult or dangerous situation 存活;生还:
More than a hundred people were killed in the crash and only five passengers survived.坠机事件中超过一百人丧生,只有五名乘客生还。How can she survive on such a small salary?她靠这么微薄的薪金怎么活得下去呢? [T] to survive a plane crash在坠机事故中生还Not many buildings survived the bombing.轰炸以后建筑物所剩无几。
2 [T] to live longer than sb/sth 比…活得久或生存时间长
➔survival /səˈvaɪvl ||; sɚˈvaɪvḷ/ noun [U]:
A heart transplant was his only chance of survival.他只有通过心脏移植才有可能活下来。 ➔survivornoun [C]:
There were five survivors of the crash.坠机事件中有五个人生还。
survive/sɚˋvaIv; səˈvaIv/v [I,T]1 to continue to live after an accident, war, illness etc〔经历意外﹑战争﹑疾病等后〕幸存﹐活下来: She survived the war . 她在战争中幸存下来。They may not survive the winter . 它们也许活不过冬天。Only one person survived. 只有一人生还。2 to continue to live normally or to exist in spite of problems 从〔困难中〕挺过来: A lot of firms did not survive the recession. 许多公司没能挺过这次经济衰退。People are struggling to survive . 人们挣扎求存。+on How do you survive on such a low salary? 就这点工资你是怎么过的?I’ve had a tough few months, but I’ll survive . 这几个月我很难熬﹐但是我会挺过去的。3 to continue to exist after a very long time 仍然存在﹔保存下来: +from Several buildings have survived from medieval times. 有几座建筑物从中世纪起保存至今。
survivesurvivesurvivessurvivedsurvivingverb (survives, surviving, survived)to continue to live in or after a difficult or dangerous time: Camels can survive for many days without water. Only one person survived the plane crash.▶ survivalsurvivalsurvivalsnoun (no plural): Food and water are necessary for survival.▶ survivorsurvivorsurvivorsnoun: The government sent help to the survivors of the earthquake.