vt.幸免于難；存活；艱難度過；比 ... 活得長(zhǎng)

vi.活著；繼續(xù)存在

These birds are able to survive the perils of the Arctic winter. 這些鳥能在北極寒冷的冬天里生存。

I don't know how I ever survived high school. 我都不知道我是怎樣熬過高中那段歲月的。

Santos is survived by his wife of 49 years. 桑托斯的妻子比他多活了49年。

You need to be tough to survive in the jungle. 要在叢林中活下來就要有堅(jiān)忍不拔的意志。

We cannot survive for long without food and drink. 我們沒有食物和飲料就活不了多久。

survive的基本意思是指經(jīng)過比較大的災(zāi)難后仍舊活了下來,即“繼續(xù)生存”,也可指自身的生存時(shí)間相對(duì)于他人來說比較長(zhǎng),即“比…活得長(zhǎng)”。

survive可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),后接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ)。可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。