live是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 (to continue) to be alive or have life -- 生存；活著

  • He only lived a few days after the accident. 出事後他只活了幾天就死了。

  • [ + to infinitive ] I hope I live to see my grandchildren. 我希望我能活到看見我孫輩的那一天。

  • Her granny lived to the ripe old age of 94. 她祖母活到了94歲高齡。

  • Can the right to live ever be denied to any human? 人的生存權可以剝奪嗎？

  • She lived on well into her 90s. 她一直活到了90多歲。

• 1 to have your home somewhere -- 住，居住

  • Where do you live? 你住在哪裡？

  • We live in Kingston. 我們住在京斯敦。

  • Some students live on the University campus. 有些學生住在大學校園裡。

  • He lives with four other people in a shared house. 他和另外四個人同住在一所房子裡。

  • Where do the knives live in your kitchen? 刀具放在你廚房的甚麽地方？

  • I'm not sure where this bowl lives. 我不知道這隻碗該放在哪裡。

• 2 to spend your life in a particular way -- 生活，過活

  • After a while you get used to living alone. 過一段時間你會適應一個人生活的。

  • When you retire, you want to live a comfortable life. 退休的時候，大家都希望能過著舒適的生活。

  • So the couple got married and lived happily ever after. 於是這對情侶結了婚，從此過著幸福的生活。

  • He simply wants to live (out) (= experience) the rest of his days in peace. 他只想能安度餘生。

  • The TV's broken - we'll just have to live without (= not have) it for a while. 電視機壞了 ——這段時間我們只好不看電視了。

  • She certainly lived her life to the full (= was always doing something interesting). 她當然活得非常充實。

  • figurative The US is living beyond its means (= spending more than it earns). 美國人過的是借錢享樂的日子。

• 3 to stay alive, especially by getting enough money to pay for food, a place to stay, clothing, etc. -- 活著；（尤指靠…）過活，生活

  • For several years she lived by begging. 她以乞討為生過了好幾年。

  • She has an inheritance to live off (US also live off of) so she doesn't need to work. 她可以靠遺産生活，不必工作。

  • He only agreed to marry her so he could live off her (money). 他同意和她結婚只是為了她的錢。

• 4 (of things that are not alive) to exist or continue to exist -- （指逝去的事物）繼續存在，留存

  • The memory of those terrible days lives on. 對那些恐怖的日子的記憶揮之不去。

• 5 to have an interesting life -- 享受生活的樂趣，盡情地享受生活

  • I want to live a little before I settle down. 在安定下來之前我要好好享受一下生活。

  • If you haven't seen Venice, you haven't lived. 如果你沒到過威尼斯，就等於白活了一場。

• 6 having life -- 活的

  • Millions of live animals are shipped around the world each year. 每年有數百萬隻動物被運到世界各地。

  • There was a tank of live lobsters in the restaurant. 餐廳裡有一箱活龍蝦。

• 7 (of a performance) broadcast, recorded, or seen while it is happening -- 現場直播的，實況轉播的

  • This evening there will be a live broadcast of the debate. 今晚將現場直播這場辯論。

  • a live recording 現場錄音

• 8 (of a wire) carrying or charged with electricity -- （電線）帶電的

  • a live wire 火線

• 9 able to explode -- 可爆炸的

  • live rounds of ammunition 數發實彈

  • live shells 實彈

• 10 (of a fire, coals, or a match) still burning or able to burn -- （火、煤炭或火柴）燃燒的，可燃的

  • There are live coals in the fireplace. 壁爐裡的煤還在燃燒。

• 11 broadcast as it happens; performing or being performed in front of an audience -- 直播地；現場播出地

  • I've got two tickets to see them (perform) live. 我有兩張看他們現場演出的門票。

  • Our new payments system will go live at the beginning of next month. 下個月初我們新的付費系統將開始運作。