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。