live

live 基本解释

v.  住; 居住; 生存; 活着; (尤指在某时期)活着
adj.  活的; 现场直播的; 实况转播的; 现场演出的
adv.  在现场直播; 在现场表演(或录制)

live 词性变化

过去式：lived现在分词：living第三人称单数：lives过去分词：lived复数：lives

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live 词组短语

• live cable test cap
• live chassis
• live conductor
• live end
• live line
• no-live load
• surface-wave cransmission live
• live blog
• live load
• live oil

live 详细解释

verb

在某地 in a place

1. 住；居住
   to have your home in a particular place
   1. to live in a house
      住在一座房子里
   2. Where do you live?
      你住在什么地方？
   3. She needs to find somewhere to live .
      她需要找个住的地方。
   4. We used to live in London.
      我们过去住在伦敦。
   5. Both her children still live at home.
      她的两个孩子仍住在家里。
   6. Where do these plates live (= where are they usually kept) ?
      这些盘子通常放哪儿？

活着 be alive

2. 生存；活着
   to remain alive
   1. The doctors said he only had six months to live.
      医生说他只能活六个月了。
   2. Spiders can live for several days without food.
      蜘蛛几天不吃食依然可存活。
   3. She lived to see her first grandchild.
      她一直活到抱上第一个孙子。
3. （尤指在某时期）活着
   to be alive, especially at a particular time
   1. When did Handel live?
      韩德尔是什么时期的人？
   2. He's the greatest player who ever lived.
      他是世上最出色的运动员。

生活方式 type of life

4. （以某种方式）生活，过日子
   to spend your life in a particular way
   1. She lived a very peaceful life.
      她过着十分宁静的生活。
   2. He lived in poverty most of his life.
      他大半辈子过的都是穷日子。
   3. She lived and died a single woman.
      她过了一辈子的独身生活。

记住 be remembered

5. 继续存在；留存；铭记
   to continue to exist or be remembered
   1. This moment will live in our memory for many years to come.
      这一时刻将在我们的记忆中留存许多年。
   2. Her words have lived with me all my life.
      她的话我一辈子都铭记着。

兴奋 have excitement

6. 享受充实而令人兴奋的生活
   to have a full and exciting life
   1. I don't want to be stuck in an office all my life─I want to live!
      我不想一辈子都憋在办公室里——我要享受人生乐趣！

live 同义词辨析

  beexistlive【导航词义：存在】

  be v. 存在

〔辨析〕除了用作连系动词外，还可表示某物存在或某事发生，常用于正式文体。

  exist v. 存在；生存

〔辨析〕指真实地发生或存在，也可指在困境中生活，不用进行时。

  live v. 活着；生活

〔辨析〕指生存、存活，或者强调以某种方式过活，可用进行时。

  staydwellinhabitliveresidesettle【导航词义：居住】

  stay v. 留宿，暂住

〔辨析〕指到访或作客时短期居住。

  dwell v. 〈文，正式〉居住，栖身

〔辨析〕指在某一地方居住。

  inhabit v. 居住于（某地）

〔辨析〕指人或动植物生活在某个地区，并已适应该地区的特殊环境。

  live v. 居住

〔辨析〕最普通用词，指人在某处生活或动植物在某地生长，时间可长可短。

  reside v. 〈正式〉居住，定居

〔辨析〕指在某处居住，含合法、长久之意。

  settle v. 定居

〔辨析〕指开始在某一国家、地区或城镇生活，通常不接具体的住所。

live 短语动词

live 短语用例

live by sth

1. 按照（某信念或原则）生活
   to follow a particular belief or set of principles

live by doing sth

1. 靠做某事赚钱为生（或获取所需）
   to earn money or to get the things you need by doing a particular thing

live sth↔down

1. 能使人忘却（做过的令人尴尬的事）
   to be able to make people forget about sth embarrassing you have done
   1. When did Handel live?
      韩德尔是什么时期的人？
   2. He's the greatest player who ever lived.
      他是世上最出色的运动员。

live for sb/sth

1. 以…为主要生活目的；为…而活着
   to think that sb/sth is the main purpose of or the most important thing in your life
   1. She lived a very peaceful life.
      她过着十分宁静的生活。
   2. He lived in poverty most of his life.
      他大半辈子过的都是穷日子。
   3. She lived and died a single woman.
      她过了一辈子的独身生活。

live in

1. 住在工作（或学习）的地方
   to live at the place where you work or study
   1. This moment will live in our memory for many years to come.
      这一时刻将在我们的记忆中留存许多年。
   2. Her words have lived with me all my life.
      她的话我一辈子都铭记着。

live off sb/sth

1. 靠…过活；依赖…生活
   to receive the money you need to live from sb/sth because you do not have any yourself
   1. I don't want to be stuck in an office all my life─I want to live!
      我不想一辈子都憋在办公室里——我要享受人生乐趣！

live off sth

1. 以食…为生
   to have one particular type of food as the main thing you eat in order to live

live on

1. 继续活着；继续存在
   to continue to live or exist

live on sth

1. 以食…为生
   to eat a particular type of food to live
2. 仅以（一种或几种食物）为主要食物
   to eat only or a lot of a particular type of food
3. 靠（…钱）生活
   to have enough money for the basic things you need to live

live out

1. 不住在工作（或学习）的地方
   to live away from the place where you work or study

live out sth

1. 实践（以前想要做的事）
   to actually do what you have only thought about doing before
2. （以某种方式）度过余生
   to spend the rest of your life in a particular way

live through sth

1. 经历（灾难或其他困境）而幸存
   to experience a disaster or other unpleasant situation and survive it

live together

1. 在一起生活
   to live in the same house
2. 未婚同居；姘居
   to share a home and have a sexual relationship without being married

live up to sth

1. 达到，符合，不辜负（他人的期望）
   to do as well as or be as good as other people expect you to

live with sb

live with sb

live with sth

1. 忍受，容忍（不快的事）
   to accept sth unpleasant

live 习惯用语

v.

live and breathe sth

• 热衷于（某事）
  to be very enthusiastic about sth
  1. He just lives and breathes football.
     他非常热衷于足球。

live and let live

• 自己活也让别人活；宽以待人；互相宽容
  used to say that you should accept other people's opinions and behaviour even though they are different from your own

live by your wits

• 靠耍小聪明赚钱；（有时）靠玩花招捞钱
  to earn money by clever or sometimes dishonest means

live (from) hand to mouth

• 仅够糊口度日
  to spend all the money you earn on basic needs such as food without being able to save any money

live in the past

• 仿佛生活在过去的社会中；落伍
  to behave as though society, etc. has not changed, when in fact it has

live in sin

• 未婚同居；姘居
  to live together and have a sexual relationship without being married

live it up

• 尽情欢乐；狂欢；纵情挥霍享乐
  to enjoy yourself in an exciting way, usually spending a lot of money

live a lie

• 过两面人的生活；过骗人的生活；为人虚伪
  to keep sth important about yourself a secret from other people, so that they do not know what you really think, what you are really like, etc.

live off the fat of the land

• 过奢侈的生活；锦衣玉食
  to have enough money to be able to afford expensive things, food, drink, etc.

live off the land

• 靠地里的东西为生
  to eat whatever food you can grow, kill or find yourself

live to fight another day

• （虽已失败或经历很糟但仍要）改日再战，卷土重来
  used to say that although you have failed or had a bad experience, you will continue

you haven't lived

• （表示若没有某种经历生活便不完整）你白活了
  used to tell sb that if they have not had a particular experience their life is not complete
  1. You've never been to New York? You haven't lived!
     你从未去过纽约？你真是白活了！

you live and learn

• （对得知的事物感到惊讶或意外）真是得活到老学到老，真想不到
  used to express surprise at sth new or unexpected you have been told

be (living) on borrowed time

be (living) on borrowed time

be/live in clover

• 过舒适优裕的生活
  to have enough money to be able to live a very comfortable life

how the other half lives

• 另一类人的生活方式（尤指比自己富有得多的）
  the way of life of a different social group, especially one much richer than you

long live sb/sth

• …万岁；…万古常青
  used to say that you hope sb/sth will live or last for a long time

people (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

• 身居玻璃房，投石招祸殃；自身毛病多，勿挑他人错
  you should not criticize other people, because they will easily find ways of criticizing you

be/live in each other's pockets

• 过从甚密；形影不离
  if two people are in each other's pockets , they are too close to each other or spend too much time with each other

live/sleep rough

• 风餐露宿（通常因为无家可归或贫穷）
  to live or sleep outdoors, usually because you have no home and no money
  1. young people sleeping rough on the streets
     露宿街头的年轻人

adj.

a live wire

• 活跃而精力充沛的人；生龙活虎的人
  a person who is lively and full of energy

adv.

go live

• 随时可用
  to become operational (= ready to be used)

live 双语例句

1. 1、 She has lived here for 10 years
   她在这里住了10年了。
2. 2、 She always said I ought to live alone
   她总说我应该一个人住。
3. 3、 Where do you live?
   你住在哪里？
4. 4、 He still lives with his parents.
   他还和父母住在一起。
5. 5、 We lived quite grandly
   我们生活得非常快乐。
6. 6、 Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time
   比起上几辈人，我们有更多机会享受生活。
7. 7、 We can start living a normal life again now.
   我们现在可以重新过上正常的生活了。
8. 8、 He lived for his work.
   他为工作而活。
9. 9、 He's got a terrible disease and will not live long
   他已身患重疾，时日无多。
10. 10、 A perennial is a plant that lives indefinitely
    多年生植物是指能存活很多年的植物。
11. 11、 He lived to be 103
    他活了103岁。
12. 12、 My father died nigh on ten years ago, but he lived to see his first grandson
    我父亲过世差不多10年了，不过他活着时见到了第一个孙儿的出世。
13. 13、 Matilda was born in northern Italy in 1046 and apparently lived to a ripe old age
    玛蒂尔达1046年出生在意大利北部，据信享有高寿。
14. 14、 The blue whale is the largest living thing on the planet
    蓝鲸是地球上体型最大的生物。
15. 15、 Ian was her only living relative.
    伊恩是她唯一还在世的亲戚。
16. 16、 These crimes were committed largely by professional criminals who lived by crime.
    这些罪案大都是由以犯罪为生的职业罪犯制造的。
17. 17、 They live by the principle that we are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we want from it.
    他们恪守着这样的原则：我们来到世上是要为生活做贡献，而不是从中索取。
18. 18、 The memory of that will live with me for many years to come
    那个记忆将会伴随我多年。
19. 19、 He has lived and breathed polo since he was seven.
    他从7岁开始就一直热衷于马球。
20. 20、 If you have never been to an opera, you haven't lived
    要是从来没看过歌剧，那就枉过此生了。
21. 21、 One in 10 Californians is unemployed and thousands more live in fear of losing their jobs.
    十分之一的加利福尼亚人没有工作，还有数以千计的人成天提心吊胆地害怕失去工作。
22. 22、 There is no reason why you couldn't live it up once in a while.
    偶尔放纵一下也无妨。
23. 23、 Murray was a guest on a live radio show.
    默里在一个直播的电台节目里当嘉宾。
24. 24、 The Rainbow has not hosted live music since the end of 1981
    1981年末之后，彩虹剧院就再没主办过现场音乐会。
25. 25、 This is my favourite live album of all time
    这是我最喜爱的现场专辑。
26. 26、 The plug broke, exposing live wires
    插头坏了，带电的电线露在外面。
27. 27、 They trained in the jungle using live ammunition.
    他们在丛林中接受真枪实弹的训练。
28. 28、 A live bomb had earlier been defused.
    一枚未爆炸的炸弹稍早被拆除了雷管。
29. 29、 The new system went live earlier this year
    新系统在今年早些时候开始了运行。
30. 30、 He had never met a real live admiral
    他从来没遇到过一位真正的海军上将。

live 英英释义

verb

1. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
   1. I know the feeling!
   2. have you ever known hunger?
   3. I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict
   4. The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
   5. I lived through two divorces

   Synonym:    knowexperience

2. have life, be alive
   1. Our great leader is no more
   2. My grandfather lived until the end of war

   Synonym:    be

3. lead a certain kind of life
   1. we had to live frugally after the war

4. pursue a positive and satisfying existence
   1. You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live

5. support oneself
   1. he could barely exist on such a low wage
   2. Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
   3. Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day

   Synonym:    existsurvivesubsist

6. continue to live through hardship or adversity
   1. We went without water and food for 3 days
   2. These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
   3. The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
   4. how long can a person last without food and water?

   Synonym:    survivelastlive ongoendurehold uphold out

7. inhabit or live in
   1. People lived in Africa millions of years ago
   2. The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
   3. this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
   4. deer are populating the woods

   Synonym:    populatedwellinhabit

adj

1. capable of erupting
   1. a live volcano
   2. the volcano is very much alive

   Synonym:    alive

2. possessing life
   1. the happiest person alive
   2. the nerve is alive
   3. doctors are working hard to keep him alive
   4. burned alive
   5. a live canary

   Synonym:    alive(p)

3. exerting force or containing energy
   1. live coals
   2. tossed a live cigarette out the window
   3. got a shock from a live wire
   4. live ore is unmined ore
   5. a live bomb
   6. a live ball is one in play

4. charged or energized with electricity
   1. a hot wire
   2. a live wire

   Synonym:    hot

5. of current relevance
   1. a live issue
   2. still a live option

6. in current use or ready for use
   1. live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread

7. abounding with life and energy
   1. the club members are a really live bunch

8. elastic
   1. clean bouncy hair
   2. a lively tennis ball
   3. as resilient as seasoned hickory
   4. springy turf

   Synonym:    bouncylivelyresilientspringy

9. actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
   1. a live television program
   2. brought to you live from Lincoln Center
   3. live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience

   Synonym:    unrecorded

10. charged with an explosive
    1. live ammunition
    2. a live bomb

adv

1. not recorded
   1. the opera was broadcast live