live是什么意思

详细释义

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

  • He only lived a few days after the accident. 出事后他只活了几天就死了。

  • [ + to infinitive ] I hope I live to see my grandchildren. 我希望我能活到看见我孙辈的那一天。

  • Her granny lived to the ripe old age of 94. 她奶奶活到了94岁高龄。

  • Can the right to live ever be denied to any human? 人的生存权可以剥夺吗？

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

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

  • Where do you live? 你住在哪里？

  • We live in Kingston. 我们住在京士顿。

  • Some students live on the University campus. 有些学生住在大学校园里。

  • He lives with four other people in a shared house. 他和另外4个人同住在一所房子里。

  • Where do the knives live in your kitchen? 刀具放在你厨房的什么地方？

  • I'm not sure where this bowl lives. 我不知道这只碗该放在哪里。

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

  • After a while you get used to living alone. 过一段时间你会适应一个人生活的。

  • When you retire, you want to live a comfortable life. 退休的时候，大家都希望能过上舒适的生活。

  • So the couple got married and lived happily ever after. 于是这对情侣结了婚，从此过上了幸福的生活。

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

  • The TV's broken - we'll just have to live without (= not have) it for a while. 电视机坏了 ——这段时间我们只好不看电视了。

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

  • figurative The US is living beyond its means (= spending more than it earns). 美国人过的是借钱享乐的日子。

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

  • For several years she lived by begging. 她以乞讨为生过了好几年。

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

  • He only agreed to marry her so he could live off her (money). 他同意和她结婚只是为了她的钱。

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

  • The memory of those terrible days lives on. 对那些恐怖的日子的记忆挥之不去。

• 5 to have an interesting life -- 享受生活的乐趣，尽情地享受生活

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

  • If you haven't seen Venice, you haven't lived. 如果你没到过威尼斯，就等于白活了一场。

• 6 having life -- 活的

  • Millions of live animals are shipped around the world each year. 每年有数百万只动物被运到世界各地。

  • There was a tank of live lobsters in the restaurant. 饭馆里有一箱活龙虾。

• 7 (of a performance) broadcast, recorded, or seen while it is happening -- 现场直播的，实况转播的

  • This evening there will be a live broadcast of the debate. 今晚将现场直播这场辩论。

  • a live recording 现场录音

• 8 (of a wire) carrying or charged with electricity -- （电线）带电的

  • a live wire 火线

• 9 able to explode -- 可爆炸的

  • live rounds of ammunition 数发实弹

  • live shells 实弹

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

  • There are live coals in the fireplace. 壁炉里的煤还在燃烧。

• 11 broadcast as it happens; performing or being performed in front of an audience -- 直播的；现场播出的

  • I've got two tickets to see them (perform) live. 我有两张看他们现场演出的门票。

  • Our new payments system will go live at the beginning of next month. 下个月初我们新的支付系统将开始运行。