| 词组 | live |
| 释义 | adjective | verb | adjective, adverb live adjective THESAURUS > alive (1) adjective | verb | adjective, adverb live1 /lɪv/ verb 1. if you live in a place, you have your home thereadverbslive together They fell in love and started to live together.live alone I’m quite happy living alone.live apart Their busy schedules forced the couple to live apart.live nearby/close by She was visiting her daughter who lives nearby.prepositionslive in a house/town/country Living in London is very expensive.live on a street He lives on Queens Street.live on an island About 7.5 million people live on the island of New Guinea.live at an address They live at 1201 Columbia Drive, Los Angeles.phraseslive at home (=in your parents’ home) Most seventeen-year-olds still live at home.live next door A rather odd family came to live next door to us.live just across the street/down the road from sb He lives just across the street from me.live on the streets There has been an increase in the number of mentally ill people living on the streets.a place to live/somewhere to live They’ve finally found a place to live.THESAURUS: live be from/come from use this when talking about the country, city, or area where you usually live: My name’s Sharon and I’m from Leeds. | The man is believed to be from somewhere in the north of Scotland. | “Where are you from?” “I’m from Japan.” | The winner came from Australia. inhabit if a group of people or animals inhabit an area, they live there. Inhabit is used especially in written descriptions: The island is mainly inhabited by sheep. | Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country. reside formal to live in a particular country, city etc: She now resides in the US. | Miss Badu grew up in Dallas but now resides in Brooklyn. | At that time there were many American writers residing in Paris. | Miss Tonelli, how exactly did you come to reside at your current address? | The government bureau has prepared a booklet for US citizens residing abroad. grow up to live somewhere when you are a child or teenager: This is the neighborhood where my father grew up. | I grew up on a farm in South Africa.2. to have a particular kind of lifeadverbslive well/comfortably/happily They have enough money to live comfortably.live dangerously (=take a risk or do something new) She decided to live dangerously and have her hair cut short.phraseslive in luxury The president was living in luxury in a palace while his people starved.live frugally (=with only the things you need and no luxuries) They lived frugally, eating only rice and beans.live below the poverty line (=with very little money, so you are officially considered to be very poor) There are hundreds of families living below the poverty line.live in peace It is time for the war to end and everyone to live in peace.3. to be aliveadverbslive longer People are living longer than ever before.live forever No-one lives forever.prepositionslive until you are 82, 96 etc Her mother lived until she was 99.live for 60/70 etc years Goldfish can live for 10 to 20 years in a garden pond.live through sth During his life, he had lived through some very hard times. adjective | verb | adjective, adverb live2 /laɪv/ adjective, adverb 1. a live concert, performance etc is seen or heard by people who are there watching, rather than being recordednounslive music/entertainment The bar has live music every Sunday.a live performance/concert/show Have you ever been to one of the band's live performances?live theatre BrE live theater AmE Many actors much prefer live theatre to making movies.a live band They are one of the best live bands touring today.a live audience (=an audience watching a live performance) It’s great to be back on the stage again in front of a live audience.a live date (=an occasion when someone performs live) The singer will play only three live dates in the UK this year.a live set (=a series of songs performed live) The song is a high point of their live set.a live album (=a recording of a live concert) This live album was recorded during their recent world tour.verbsperform/play/sing live Everyone wants to see them perform live.be recorded live The album was recorded live in Houston.2. a live broadcast is seen or heard on television or radio at the same time as it is actually happeningnounsa live broadcast There will be a live broadcast of the game this evening.live radio/television Her funeral was broadcast on live television.live coverage (=showing and reporting on events as they happen) We were watching live coverage of the Olympics.live footage (=pictures filmed and shown as something happens) Television networks showed live footage of the riot.verbsbe broadcast live The event will be broadcast live.be shown live The ceremony was shown live on television.watch sth live (=watch it as it is broadcast live) I watched the game live on TV.report live from somewhere This is Ben Jackson reporting live from Haiti.go live to a place We can now go live to Dallas for the latest news.3. not deadnounslive animals I think it's wrong to carry out experiments on live animals. |
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