- 活着;有生命;生存:
Is her father living?
她父亲还健在吗?
- 过活,过日子;过特定方式的生活:
The old man is living in comfort.
老人过着舒适的生活。
- (按照规矩)管理生活,控制生活:
He lives by a strict moral code.
他按照严格的道德准则生活。
- 一直活到;(事物)继续存在:
His grandfather lived to a hundred.
他的祖父活到了100岁。
- 充分享受人生;体验人生乐趣;生活过得有意义:
She didn't know how to live.
她不懂得如何享受生活。
- 以…为生;靠…过活(常与on或upon连用):
He lives mainly on his monthly income.
他主要靠自己的月收入生活。
- 以…为主食;靠吃…维持生存:
The family lived on wild plants.
全家人靠吃野菜度日。
- 居住(常与in连用):
My brother is living in Sydney.
我兄弟居住于悉尼。
- (人物形象等)栩栩如生,生动传神:
The writer made this historical character live in his book.
作家在书中将这一历史人物描写得栩栩如生。
- 留在人们记忆中:
The general's feats will live after him.
将军的伟绩将永留人世。
- 保持自尊心