| 词组 | live off |
| 释义 | live off 1. live off sth not passive to get money from something and use it in order to live: ▪ Burley stopped working when he was sixty and spent the rest of his life living off his investments. live off the land (=live by growing and catching your own food) ▪ Most of the people on the island live off the land. 2. live off sb not passive to get the money that you need to live from someone else, especially when you do not do any work yourself: ▪ She can't go on living off her parents forever. ▪ Students were just lazy good-for-nothings, who lived off the taxpayers' money. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑sponge off 3. live off sth to only eat a particular kind of food: ▪ Many teenagers tend to live off hamburgers and fries. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑live on |
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