英汉词典

live 基本解释

• adj. 活的；生动的；实况转播的；精力充沛的
• vt. 经历；度过
• vi. 活；居住；生存
• n. (Live)人名；(法)利夫

live 词态变化

live 中文词源

来自life的动词形式。

live 英文词源

live

live: [OE] Modern English live represents a conflation of two Old English verbs, libban and lifian, both of which go back ultimately to the same prehistoric Germanic source, *lib- ‘remain, continue’. Variants of this produced leave ‘depart’ and life. The adjective live [16] is a reduced form of alive, which derived from life.
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live (v.)

Old English lifian (Anglian), libban (West Saxon) "to be, to live, have life; to experience," also "to supply oneself with food, to pass life (in some condition)," from Proto-Germanic *liben (cognates: Old Norse lifa "to live, remain," Old Frisian libba, German leben, Gothic liban "to live"), from PIE root *leip- "to remain, continue" (source also of Greek liparein "to persist, persevere;" see leave). Meaning "to make a residence, dwell" is from c. 1200. Related: Lived; living.

According to the Dutch Prouerbe ... Leuen ende laetan leuen, To liue and to let others liue. [Malynes, 1622]

To live it up "live gaily and extravagantly" is from 1903. To live up to "act in accordance with" is 1690s, from earlier live up "live on a high (moral or mental) level" (1680s). To live (something) down "outwear (some slander or embarrassment)" is from 1842. To live with "cohabit as husband and wife" is attested from 1749; sense of "to put up with" is attested from 1937. Expression live and learn is attested from c. 1620.

live (adj.)

1540s, "having life," later (1610s) "burning, glowing," a shortening of alive (q.v.). Sense of "containing unspent energy or power" (live ammunition, etc.) is from 1799. Meaning "in-person" (of performance) is first attested 1934. Live wire is attested from 1890; figurative sense of "active person" is from 1903.

live 词组搭配

live 英文释义

1. make one's home or live in;

"She resides officially in Iceland"

"I live in a 200-year old house"

"These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"

"The plains are sparsely populated"

2. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style;

"we had to live frugally after the war"

3. continue to live; endure or last;

"We went without water and food for 3 days"

"These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"

"The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"

4. support oneself;

"he could barely exist on such a low wage"

"Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"

"Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

5. have life, be alive;

"Our great leader is no more"

"My grandfather lived until the end of war"

6. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;

"I know the feeling!"

"have you ever known hunger?"

"I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"

"The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"

"I lived through two divorces"

7. pursue a positive and satisfying existence;

"You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"

live 同义词解析

alive, live, living

这些形容词均有"活着的，活的"之意。

alive：其反义词为dead，指生命从奄奄一息到精力旺盛的各种状态。

live：通常作定语，指活生生的，生气勃勃的，还可表示现场直播的。

living：其反义词为dead，指包括人和动植物的生命没有消失、仍然存在的状态。

dwell, reside, live, lodge, inhabit, settle

这些动词均有"居住，定居"之意。

dwell： 文学上的用词，口语中通常用live代替。

reside： 书面用词，指合法的永久性居住，也指在豪华的住宅里居住。

live： 最普通用词，指固定的居住，可以是长期的，也可以是临时的。

lodge： 指短时间或临时住宿。

inhabit： 强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。

settle： 侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区，而不指居住的住所。

exist, be, live

这些动词都有"存在"之意。

exist： 通常指可观察到的或众所周知的存在现象。

be： 指某时某地确存在的事物或现象，多与there连用。

live： 多指有生命的东西的存在。指无生命事物时，强调可联想起生命的那些特点。

live 双语例句

1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。

来自《傲慢与偏见》

2. I will return, find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.

我会回去，找到你，爱你，娶你，活的光明正大。《赎罪》

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3. I clearly empathize with the people who live in those neighborhoods.

我非常同情生活在那些地方的人们。

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4. We don't live in the lap of luxury, but we're comfortable.

我们的生活虽然并非锦衣玉食，也算是衣食无忧。

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5. Try to get a feeling for the people who live here.

试着去理解在这片土地上生息的人们。

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live 实用场景例句

She has lived here for 10 years...

她在这里住了10年了。

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She always said I ought to live alone...

她总说我应该一个人住。

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We lived quite grandly...

我们生活得非常快乐。

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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。

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He lived for his work.

他为工作而活。

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He's got a terrible disease and will not live long...

他已身患重疾，时日无多。

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A perennial is a plant that lives indefinitely...

多年生植物是指能存活很多年的植物。

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...the last indigenous people to live by hunting...

最后一个狩猎为生的土著民族

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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。

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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。

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The memory of that will live with me for many years to come...

那个记忆将会伴随我多年。

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His name will live in history as one of the greatest bowlers of all time...

他将会作为史上最伟大的板球投手之一而留名青史。

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He has lived and breathed polo since he was seven.

他从7岁开始就一直热衷于马球。

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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。

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You haven't lived until you've used their new micro system.

要是没用过他们新的微系统，这辈子就算白活了。

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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。

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There is no reason why you couldn't live it up once in a while.

偶尔放纵一下也无妨。

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...a protest against the company's tests on live animals.

反对该公司利用活体动物做试验的抗议

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...baskets of live chickens.

一篮篮的活鸡

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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。

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...we were laughing and gossiping, oblivious to the fact that we were on live TV...

我们肆意大笑，闲聊八卦，忘记了自己是在做电视直播。

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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。

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A live audience will pose the questions...

问题将由现场的观众提出。

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This is my favourite live album of all time...

这是我最喜爱的现场专辑。

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The LP features live recordings from the 'Great Xpectations' all-day show.

这张大碟收录了“远大前程”全天秀的现场录音。

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The plug broke, exposing live wires...

插头坏了，带电的电线露在外面。

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He warned others about the live electric cables as they climbed to safety.

他们爬向安全地带的过程中，他提醒其他人当心带电的电缆。

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They trained in the jungle using live ammunition.

他们在丛林中接受真枪实弹的训练。

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A live bomb had earlier been defused.

一枚未爆炸的炸弹稍早被拆除了雷管。

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The new system went live earlier this year...

新系统在今年早些时候开始了运行。

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