live for

live for (someone or something)

1. To live solely to help or support someone or something or to do a particular thing. I know you live for your kids, but it's important for them to see that you have your own interests. It's like you live for your work—don't you ever take a day off?

2. To be known for being particularly excited about something. A: "I'm just not hungry." B: "But you live for pizza night! Are you not feeling well?"

live for someone or something

1. to exist for the benefit of someone or something. She just lives for her children. Roger lives for his work.

2. to exist to enjoy someone or something. She lives for her vacations in Acapulco.

live for

To be enthusiastic about something: He lives for mountain climbing.

See also: live

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

live for (someone or something)
live out
they that live longest see most
all the way live
fat of the land
fat of the land, the
the fat of the land
live and let live
tweet
live-tweet

References in classic literature

Here people understood that a man is in duty bound to live for himself, as every man of culture should live.

Anna Karenina

To live for myself avoiding those two evils is my whole philosophy now."

(Pierre's modesty made him correct himself) "to live for others, only now have I understood all the happiness of life.

War and Peace

Because the live oak can live for such a long time, it is very important that it develops a proper trunk and branch structure early on.

Live oak: the ultimate southerner

Noting the dramatic differences in life span among various animals--a mouse may last for 2 years while a bat can live for half a century--Kenyon has become convinced that longevity has evolved in animals many times.

Old worms, new aging genes: biologists look into DNA for the secrets of long life

Roth's experiment is the first of its kind, perhaps because other scientist may have been nagged by the fact that a monkey can live for 40 years, and publishor-perish circles of scientific inquiry do not promote 50-year experiments.

Lean living: scientists seek to understand why underfed animals live significantly longer

词组	live for
释义	live for live for (someone or something) 1. To live solely to help or support someone or something or to do a particular thing. I know you live for your kids, but it's important for them to see that you have your own interests. It's like you live for your work—don't you ever take a day off? 2. To be known for being particularly excited about something. A: "I'm just not hungry." B: "But you live for pizza night! Are you not feeling well?" See also: live Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. live for someone or something 1. to exist for the benefit of someone or something. She just lives for her children. Roger lives for his work. 2. to exist to enjoy someone or something. She lives for her vacations in Acapulco. See also: live McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. live for v. To be enthusiastic about something: He lives for mountain climbing. See also: live The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. See also: live for (someone or something) live out they that live longest see most all the way live fat of the land fat of the land, the the fat of the land live and let live tweet live-tweet References in classic literature Here people understood that a man is in duty bound to live for himself, as every man of culture should live. Anna Karenina To live for myself avoiding those two evils is my whole philosophy now." (Pierre's modesty made him correct himself) "to live for others, only now have I understood all the happiness of life. War and Peace Because the live oak can live for such a long time, it is very important that it develops a proper trunk and branch structure early on. Live oak: the ultimate southerner Noting the dramatic differences in life span among various animals--a mouse may last for 2 years while a bat can live for half a century--Kenyon has become convinced that longevity has evolved in animals many times. Old worms, new aging genes: biologists look into DNA for the secrets of long life Roth's experiment is the first of its kind, perhaps because other scientist may have been nagged by the fact that a monkey can live for 40 years, and publishor-perish circles of scientific inquiry do not promote 50-year experiments. Lean living: scientists seek to understand why underfed animals live significantly longer
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