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*live¹ /lɪv; lɪv/
v
1 live in/at/near etc to have your home in a particular place 居住:
Matt lives in Boston. 马特住在波士顿。
Is your son still living at home? 你儿子还住在家里吗？
2 [I] to be alive or to continue to stay alive 活着; 生存:
My grandmother lived to be 88. 我祖母［外祖母］活到了 88 岁。
Plants can't live without light. 没有光植物就不能存活。
3 [I,T] to have a particular kind of life, or to live in a particular way 过…生活; 以〔某种方式〕生活:
She's always lived a quiet life. 她一直过着平静的生活。
Thousands of people in this country are living in poverty. 这个国家成千上万的人民过着贫困的生活。
4 live it up informal to do things that you enjoy, usually spending a lot of money 【非正式】 享乐，生活奢侈:
They spent the summer living it up in the South of France. 他们夏天在法国南部纵情玩乐。
5 live life to the full to have an exciting and enjoyable life 尽情享受人生乐趣，过充实有意义的生活
live sth downnot live sth down to not be able to make people forget about something bad or embarrassing you have done 无法使人忘记〔自己以往的过失〕:
I don't think we'll ever live this defeat down. 我认为我们永远无法让人忘记这次失败。
live for sb/sth
if someone lives for someone or something, they are the most important thing in that person's life 为…而活:
She lives for ballet. 她为芭蕾舞而活。
live in
to live in the same place where you work or study 住宿在工作［学习］场所:
A lot of the students live in for their first year. 许多学生第一年在学校寄宿。
live on
1 also 又作 live off [T live on/off sth] to have only a small amount of money with which to buy things 靠〔一点点钱〕过活:
No one can live on ￡35 a week. 没有人能靠着每周 35 英镑过活。
2 also 又作 live off [T live on/off sth] to eat only a particular kind of food 以〔吃某种食物〕为生
3 [I] to continue to exist 继续存在:
She will live on in our memories. 我们会怀念她的。
live together
to live with another person in a sexual relationship without being married （未婚）同居:
Mark and I have been living together for two years. 我和马克同居两年了。
live up to sth
to be as good as someone expects 符合，不辜负〔期望〕:
live up to sb's expectations I felt I could never live up to my father's expectations. 我觉得我永远也达不到父亲的期望。
live with sb/sth
1 [live with sb] to live with another person, especially in a sexual relationship without being married 与…（未婚）同居:
Tim's living with a girl he met at college. 蒂姆目前与大学时代认识的一个女孩同居。
2 [live with sth] to accept a difficult situation even when it continues for a long time 容忍，忍受〔长久的困难局面〕:
You just have to learn to live with these kinds of problems. 你就是必须学会忍受这些困难。
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