live on

1. To use some resource as one's means of survival or financial security. I guess we should be glad to get anything at all from social welfare, but how do they expect us to live on $300 a month? I had to live on berries and birds' eggs while I was stranded in the wilderness.

2. To continue to survive or endure. Everyone thought print books would vanish with the rise of eBook readers, but printed media lives on even now.

3. To remain in people's memory after someone dies or something ceases. We'll all miss her terribly, but the memory of our grandmother will live on in everyone who knew and loved her. Even twenty years after the war ended, fear of the enemy lives on in this country.

See also: live, on

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

live on something

to depend on something for sustenance. (Compare this with live off someone or something.) I can't live on bread and water. We can hardly live on $500 a week.

See also: live, on

live on

(after someone or something) to be remembered long after someone or something might otherwise be forgotten or dead, in the case of persons. His good works will live on long after him. Fears of war will live on after the actual conflict. I hope my memory lives on.

See also: live, on

live on an amount of money

to live on a specific amount of money; to manage to live on a specific amount of money. Can you live on only that much money? I can live on a very small amount of money.

live on

1. Be financially supported by, subsist on, as in His pension is too small to live on. [Mid-1600s]

2. Continue to survive, especially unexpectedly, as in They thought the cancer would kill her, but Lucy lived on for another twenty years.

3. Remain in human memory, as in This book will live on long after the author's death.

See also: live, on

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

live on

1. To survive or provide for one's needs by using some resource: The retiree had to live on a fixed income. The family lived on $30,000 a year.

2. To persist; endure: Although The Beatles broke up decades ago, their music lives on.

See also: live, on

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

(I'm) (so) glad you could come
glad you could come
be glad to see the back of (someone or something)
be glad to see the back of someone or something
be glad, etc. to see the back of somebody/something
in (one's) glad rags
in your glad rags
Am I glad to see you!
(boy,) am I glad to see you!
so

词组	live on
释义	live on live on 1. To use some resource as one's means of survival or financial security. I guess we should be glad to get anything at all from social welfare, but how do they expect us to live on $300 a month? I had to live on berries and birds' eggs while I was stranded in the wilderness. 2. To continue to survive or endure. Everyone thought print books would vanish with the rise of eBook readers, but printed media lives on even now. 3. To remain in people's memory after someone dies or something ceases. We'll all miss her terribly, but the memory of our grandmother will live on in everyone who knew and loved her. Even twenty years after the war ended, fear of the enemy lives on in this country. See also: live, on Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. live on something to depend on something for sustenance. (Compare this with live off someone or something.) I can't live on bread and water. We can hardly live on $500 a week. See also: live, on live on (after someone or something) to be remembered long after someone or something might otherwise be forgotten or dead, in the case of persons. His good works will live on long after him. Fears of war will live on after the actual conflict. I hope my memory lives on. See also: live, on live on an amount of money to live on a specific amount of money; to manage to live on a specific amount of money. Can you live on only that much money? I can live on a very small amount of money. See also: amount, live, money, of, on McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. live on 1. Be financially supported by, subsist on, as in His pension is too small to live on. [Mid-1600s] 2. Continue to survive, especially unexpectedly, as in They thought the cancer would kill her, but Lucy lived on for another twenty years. 3. Remain in human memory, as in This book will live on long after the author's death. See also: live, on The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. live on v. 1. To survive or provide for one's needs by using some resource: The retiree had to live on a fixed income. The family lived on $30,000 a year. 2. To persist; endure: Although The Beatles broke up decades ago, their music lives on. See also: live, on The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. See also: (I'm) (so) glad you could come glad you could come be glad to see the back of (someone or something) be glad to see the back of someone or something be glad, etc. to see the back of somebody/something in (one's) glad rags in your glad rags Am I glad to see you! (boy,) am I glad to see you! so
随便看	go as far as (doing something) go as far as to (do something) go (as) red as a beetroot go as/so far as to do something go as (someone or something) go astray go-as-you-please go at goat go at a fast clip go at each other tooth and nail go at it go at it hammer and tongs go at it tooth and nail go at like a boy killing snakes go at one another tooth and nail go at (one) hammer and tongs goat's jig go at (someone) go at (something) go away Go away! go away empty-handed go away with go away with (someone)