1. | [i] + adv./prep. 住;居住to have your home in a particular place |
to live in a house 住在一座房子里 | |
Where do you live? 你住在什么地方? | |
She needs to find somewhere to live . 她需要找个住的地方。 | |
We used to live in London. 我们过去住在伦敦。 | |
Both her children still live at home. 她的两个孩子仍住在家里。 | |
Where do these plates live(= where are they usually kept) ? 这些盘子通常放哪儿? |
2. | [i] 生存;活着to remain alive |
The doctors said he only had six months to live. 医生说他只能活六个月了。 | |
Spiders can live for several days without food. 蜘蛛几天不吃食依然可存活。 | |
She lived to see her first grandchild. 她一直活到抱上第一个孙子。 |
3. | [i] (尤指在某时期)活着to be alive, especially at a particular time |
When did Handel live? 亨德尔是什么时期的人? | |
He's the greatest player who ever lived. 他是史上最出色的运动员。 |
4. | [i][t] (以某种方式)生活,过日子to spend your life in a particular way |
He lived in poverty most of his life. 他大半辈子过的都是穷日子。 | |
She lived a very peaceful life. 她过着十分宁静的生活。 | |
She lived and died a single woman. 她过了一辈子的独身生活。 |
5. | [i] 继续存在;留存;被铭记to continue to exist or be remembered |
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。 | |
Her words have lived with me all my life. 她的话我一辈子都铭记着。 |
6. | [i] 享受充实而令人兴奋的生活to have a full and exciting life |
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! |