词组 | live on |
释义 | live on 1. live on sth not passive if you live on a particular amount of money, you have that amount of money available to buy the things you need to live: ▪ At that time we were living on $50 a week. not have/make enough to live on (=not have or earn enough money to buy the things you need) ▪ A lot of artists can't make enough to live on. 2. live on sth not passive to only eat a particular kind of food: ▪ Most of the population live on a diet of rice. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑live off 3. live on to continue to exist or live, especially for a long time or for longer than expected: ▪ Great music lives on - long after the composer is dead. ▪ Many of the old traditions still live on. ▪ A growing number of people live on into their eighties or nineties. |
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