survive

vi.幸存，活下来

vt.比…活得长，经历…之后还存在；幸存

vt.& vi.幸免于难；挺过；艰难度过

verb

1. 生存；存活；继续存在
   to continue to live or exist
   1. She was the last surviving member of the family.
      她是这家人中仅存的一员。
   2. Of the six people injured in the crash, only two survived.
      因这次撞车事故受伤的六人中，只有两人活了下来。
   3. Some strange customs have survived from earlier times.
      有些奇怪的风俗是从早年留存下来的。
   4. I can't survive on £40 a week (= it is not enough for my basic needs) .
      一星期40英镑，我无法维持生活。
   5. He survived as party leader until his second election defeat.
      直至第二次参选失败他才不再担任党的领导人。
   6. ‘How are you these days?’ ‘Oh, surviving.’
      “你近来好吗？”“嗐，凑合过吧。”
   7. Don't worry, it's only a scratch─you'll survive.
      别担心，只不过是划伤，你没事的。
2. 幸存；幸免于难；艰难度过
   to continue to live or exist despite a dangerous event or time
   1. The company managed to survive the crisis.
      公司设法渡过了危机。
   2. Many birds didn't survive the severe winter.
      很多鸟死于这次严冬。
   3. Few buildings survived the war intact.
      战争之后没几座完好的建筑了。
3. 比…活（或存在）的时间长
   to live or exist longer than sb/sth
   1. She survived her husband by ten years.
      丈夫死后她又活了十年。

过去式:survived 过去分词:survived 第三人称单数:survives 现在分词:surviving

survive 生存，存活

sur-,在上，超过，-viv,生命，词源同 vivid,vivacity.引申词义生存，存活。

1. Religions, to survive, must make accommodations with the larger political structures that nurture them.
   为了生存，宗教必须同其赖以存在的更大的政治体系相调和。
2. They are adaptable foragers that learn to survive on a wide range of food sources.
   它们是适应能力很强的觅食者，赖以生存的食物来源很广。
3. He will have to make major adjustments to his thinking if he is to survive in office.
   要想保住这份工作，他就必须在观念上作出重大的转变。
4. He needs that amount of money to survive
   他需要那样一笔钱以生存下去。
5. Of course, a number of factors will dictate how long an apple tree can survive
   当然，影响一棵苹果树寿命的因素有很多。
6. Somehow the language endures and continues to survive.
   那种语言以某种方式保存下来，并继续存在下去。
7. He was extremely fortunate to survive
   他能活下来真是万幸。
8. Outside the protected environment of institutional care he could not survive.
   离开福利机构的照顾，离开这种受保护的环境，他将难以生存下去。
9. Farmers have learned that they have to migrate if they want to survive.
   农民们已经认识到，想要生存就必须外出打工。
10. Natural selection ensures only the fittest survive to pass their genes on to the next generation.
    自然选择确保只有最适应环境的物种得以存活下来，把基因传给下一代。
11. No letters survive from this early period.
    早期的信件并没有保留下来。
12. For centuries farmers there have only just managed to survive
    几个世纪以来，那里的农民只能勉强维持生计。
13. The key question in British politics was how long the prime minister could survive
    英国政治的关键问题是首相能坚持多久。
14. In order to survive the competition a company should be proactive not reactive
    要在竞争中生存下来，公司不应该消极应变，而应当先发制人。
15. The rag trade is extremely competitive, and one needs plenty of contacts in order to survive.
    成衣业的竞争极为激烈，其从业者要想站住脚，就要有许多关系。
16. Many can survive only by raking through dustbins.
    许多人靠在垃圾箱中寻食才能够活下来。
17. This is our last chance and we shall need to take it if we are to compete and survive.
    这是我们最后的机会，如果我们想要竞争并存活下来的话，就一定要抓住这次机会。
18. Those organisms that are most suited to the environment will be those that will survive
    最适宜该环境的微生物将会存活下来。
19. Drugs that dissolve blood clots can help people survive heart attacks.
    能溶解血栓的药物会有助于治疗心脏病。
20. On my first day here I thought, 'Ooh, how will I survive?'
    我第一天到这儿时就想，“天哪，我怎么能挺过去呢？”
21. Where once she had been totally self-sufficient, she now had to survive on income support.
    她曾经完全能自给自足，而现在却不得不靠收入补助金维持生计。
22. When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not survive
    引入市场经济后，许多工厂将面临倒闭。
23. The chances of a planet surviving a supernova always looked terribly slim.
    行星躲过超新星爆发的几率总是十分渺茫。
24. She is survived by two daughters from her first marriage.
    她身后留下了头婚时生的两个女儿。
25. The first thing parents want to know is: will the baby survive?
    父母亲最想知道的是：孩子能活下来吗？
26. A generation ago, it was thought that babies born this small could not survive
    20多年前，人们认为这么大点儿的新生儿是活不下来的。
27. This would help the families to survive the drought without undue suffering
    这会帮助那些家庭度过干旱期，不至于遭受太多的苦。
28. It's important that these upland farms continue to survive.
    这些高原农场能继续存在下去非常重要。
29. All of us will struggle fairly hard to survive if we are in danger
    所有人在身处险境时都会努力地要保住性命。
30. The recession has weakened so many firms that many can no longer survive
    经济衰退使许多公司实力大损，不少难以为继。