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live1 /lɪv/► SEE ALLlive and breathe sthlive and learnlive and let livelive beyond/within your meanslive by/on your witslive (from) hand to mouthlive in hopelive in sinlive it uplive a lielive like a kinglive off/on the fat of the landlive off the landlive to fight another daylive to tell the talelive up to your/its reputationbe/live on borrowed timelead/live the life of Reilly/Rileybe/live in each other’s pocketslive/sleep rough
●ˌlive and ˈbreathe sthbe very enthusiastic about sth 热衷于某事◆He just lives and breathes football.
他非常热衷于足球。●live and ˈlearn1. learn through your mistakes or experience 从失败（或经验）中吸取教训；吃一堑，长一智◆I left my bike unlocked for five minutes and it was stolen. You live and learn I suppose.
我没锁自行车，只离开五分钟就被偷了，只能吃一堑，长一智喽。2. used for expressing surprise at sth new which you have just heard, read, etc. （表示对刚得知的事情感到惊讶）真是学到老，学不了；真想不到◆It says in this book that the Romans were the first to have a state postal service. Well, you live and learn, don’t you?
这本书说罗马人最先开创了国家邮政业务。哎呀，真是不学不知道，不是吗？●live and ˈlet live (saying) used to say that you should accept other people’s opinions and behaviour even though they are different from your own 自己活也让别人活；宽以待人；互相包容◆If we could all learn to live and let live a little more, the world would be a much happier place.
如果我们都能学会互相宽容，世界将变得更美好。●live beyond/within your ˈmeanslive on more/less money than you have or earn 入不敷出／量入为出◆They seemed wealthy but they were living well beyond their means.
他们看上去很富有，但其实入不敷出。◆I find it very hard to live within my means.
我感到很难坚持量入为出地生活。●live by/on your ˈwitsearn money by clever or sometimes dishonest means 靠耍小聪明赚钱过日子；靠不诚实的手段谋生◆Patrick did not go to college, as expected, but learned to live very successfully on his wits.
不出所料，帕特里克果然没有去上大学，而是学会靠投机取巧赚大钱。●live (from) ˌhand to ˈmouthspend all the money you earn on basic needs such as food, without being able to save any money 仅够糊口度日；勉强糊口◆There’s no way we can even think about travelling to Europe this year, as we are literally living from hand to mouth.
今年我们根本就不可能指望去欧洲度假，我们现在简直是挣一天吃一天。▸ ˌhand-to-ˈmouth adjective ◆a hand-to-mouth existence
勉强维持的生活●live in ˈhopebelieve there is a chance that what you want to happen will happen one day 怀有希望◆The situation doesn’t look too good, but we live in hope.
情形看起来不太妙，但我们仍抱有希望。◆The Johnsons live in hope that one day their son will come home.
约翰逊一家一直希望有一天儿子会回来。●live in ˈsin (old-fashioned or humorous) live together and have a sexual relationship with sb, without being married 未婚同居；姘居◆Are you two married yet or are you still living in sin?
你们两个结婚了吗，还是仍然在未婚同居？●live it ˈup (informal) have a very enjoyable time, often spending a lot of money 尽情欢乐；享受人生；纵情挥霍享乐◆Since his retirement he has been living it up in the south of Spain.
自从退休之后，他一直在西班牙南部尽情享乐。◆We are very careful with our money, but for two weeks a year while we’re on holiday, we really live it up.
我们平时精打细算，但是在每年两周的假期里，我们会尽情享受一下。●live a ˈliekeep 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. 是两面派；过骗人的生活；为人虚伪◆In the end she found that she couldn’t go on living a lie, and told him the truth.
最后，她发现自己无法再蒙骗下去，只得对他说出了真相。●live like a ˈkinglive in very comfortable surroundings, enjoying all the advantages of being rich 过国王般奢华的生活；过阔绰的生活◆In this luxury resort, you can live like a king.
在这个奢华的度假胜地，你可以像国王一样生活。◆One day we’ll be rich, and you and I will live like kings.
总有一天我们会发财，那时候我们就可以养尊处优了。●live off/on the ˌfat of the ˈland (informal) have plenty of money to spend on the best food, drink, entertainment, etc. 过奢侈的生活；锦衣玉食◆Money was no problem then. We were living off the fat of the land in those days.
在那时候，钱根本不成问题，我们过着锦衣玉食的日子。◆It’s always the same: the rich live off the fat of the land and complain that the poor are lazy.
事情往往是这样：富人穷奢极欲，还抱怨穷人懒惰。●live off the ˈlandeat whatever food you can grow, kill or find yourself 靠山吃山，靠水吃水；就地取食◆Having grown up on a farm, Jack was more used to living off the land than the rest of the group.
杰克在农场里长大，比这个团体中的其他人更习惯于靠土地吃饭。●ˌlive to fight another ˈday (saying) used to say that although you have failed or had a bad experience, you will continue 改日再战；卷土重来◆She only just lost the election, so she lives to fight another day.
她输掉了选举，但结果很接近，所以打算卷土重来。●live to tell the ˈtale (informal, often humorous) survive a terrible experience 幸存；从困境中挺过来◆Only one man out of fifteen lived to tell the tale.
十五个人中只有一人幸存。◆It will be a difficult experience, but I expect you’ll live to tell the tale!
虽然前途艰险，但我相信你定能战胜困难！●live up to your/its repuˈtationbe as good, bad, etc. as people say 名副其实◆The restaurant lived up to its reputation. We had a wonderful meal.
这家餐厅名不虚传，我们美餐了一顿。●be/live on borrowed ˈtime1. (of a person who is seriously ill 病得很严重的人) live longer than the doctors expected 比医生估计的时间活得长◆The doctors say he’s living on borrowed time.医生们说他现在是多活一天赚一天。2. be doing sth that other people are likely to soon stop you from doing 好景不长◆The government is on borrowed time (= they are not likely to be in power for long).这届政府好景不长了。●lead/live the life of Reilly/ˈRiley (informal) have a comfortable and enjoyable life without any worries 过舒适且无忧无虑的生活◆He inherited a lot of money and since then he’s been living the life of Riley.他继承了一大笔钱，从此过着无忧无虑的生活。●be/live in each other’s ˈpockets (BrE) if two people are in each other’s pockets, they are too close to each other or spend too much time with each other 过往甚密；形影不离◆They live together, work together and socialize together. If you ask me, it can’t be healthy to live in each other’s pockets like that.他们一起住，一起工作，一起参加社交活动，要我说，这么形影不离可不是什么好事。●live/sleep ˈroughlive or sleep outside in the streets because you have no home or money （因无家可归或贫穷）露宿街头◆Hundreds of people are sleeping rough on the streets of the city.城里有数百人都露宿街头。live2 /laɪv/► SEE ALLgo livea live wire
●go ˈlive (of a computer system 计算机系统) become operational (= ready to be used) 可以使用；随时可用◆Good news! Our website is going live tomorrow!
好消息！我们的网站将于明天启用！●a live ˈwire (informal) a lively and enthusiastic person 活跃而热情的人；生龙活虎的人◆You must invite her to your party — she’s a real live wire.
你一定要邀请她来参加聚会，她可是个活力四射的人。◆We need a live wire like him in this department. Let’s give him the job.
这个部门需要一个像他这样生龙活虎的人，我们录用他吧。 OPP a wet blanket NOTE A wire that is live is connected to a source of electrical power, so has a great deal of energy. * live wire 指通电的电线。 |