1. vi.活，生存　 remain alive
2. vi.居住；住　 have one's home;dwell
3. vi.继续存在，留存　 remain in existence;survive
4. vt.以某种方式生活　 conduct one's life in a specified way

　～ a country life　过乡村生活
　～ a dog's life　过非人的生活
　～ a double life　过双重生活
　～ a dull life　过乏味的生活
　～ a happy life　过着幸福的生活
　～ a hurried life　过忙碌的日子
　～ a lie　过着虚伪的生活
　～ a luxurious life　过奢侈的生活
　～ a miserable life　过悲惨的生活
　～ a noble life　修身
　～ a peaceful life　过平静的日子
　～ a poor life　过贫穷生活
　～ a quiet life　过安静的生活
　～ a saint　生为圣者
　～ a simple life　过俭朴的生活
　～ a virtuous life　过着正直的生活
　～ an idle life　悠闲度日
　～ every minute of life　全心全意地体验每分钟生活
　～ one's belief　实践自己的信仰
　～ one's ideas　实践自己的思想
　～ poetry　过风流的生活
　～ the life of collection　过集体生活
　～ abroad　在国外生活
　～ alone　独自生活
　～ apart　分居
　～ close　住在附近
　～ fast　放荡地生活
　～ forever　传世，留芳
　～ hard　过艰苦生活
　～ well　生活优裕
　～ actively　生活积极
　～ barely　几乎无法生活
　～ carefully　节省地生活
　～ cheerfully　过得很惬意
　～ comfortably　愉快地生活
　～ contentedly　心满意足地生活
　～ continently　生活有节制
　～ dangerously　过很不安全的生活
　～ decently　像样地生活
　～ economically　节俭地生活
　～ excessively　过分地享受生活
　～ expensively　奢侈地生活
　～ gloriously　光荣地生活
　～ happily　生活得很幸福
　～ harmoniously　和睦地生活在一起
　～ honestly　诚实地生活
　～ intensely　生活过得很紧张
　～ luxuriously　生活奢侈
　～ pleasantly　愉快地生活
　～ precariously　过着朝不保夕的生活
　～ quietly　生活过得很安静
　～ secretly　秘密地生活
　～ simply　生活俭朴
　～ temperately　生活有节制
　～ wastefully　生活铺张浪费
　～ worthily　生活得有意义
　～ down the fault of the past　改邪归正而使以往过错被人遗忘
　～ out　住到…外
　～ out one's life　度过一生
　～ over　再活一次
　～ together　同居
　～ it up　享受人生，过快乐的日子
　～ up to　绝不辜负
　～ above one's position　过与自己地位不相称的生活
　～ across the street　住在街那边
　～ among the working people　生活在劳动人民中间
　～ at home　住在家中
　～ at 150 Broad Street　住在百老汇150号
　～ beyond one's income　过入不敷出的生活
　～ for others　为他人而生活
　～ from day to day　得过且过
　～ from hand to mouth　过现挣现吃的生活
　～ in a flat　住在单元房里
　～ in London　住在伦敦
　～ in one's heart　永远留在心中
　～ in peace　过和平生活
　～ in quite a small way　生活十分俭朴
　～ in the past　生活在过去之中，留恋过去
　～ in the twentieth century　生活在20世纪
　～ in this town　在这个城里住
　～ on love　靠爱情生活
　～ on rice　以大米为主食
　～ through　活过，度过，熬过
　～ through the night　活过当晚
　～ through two world wars　经历两次世界大战
　～ to a ripe old age　活到很高年岁
　～ to ninety　活到了九十岁
　～ under sth　生活在…下
　～ under the cave　栖身于山洞里
　～ with each other　一起生活
　～ within one's income　量入为出

　The coal miner was so seriously injured that he might not live till morning.　这个煤矿工人的伤势很重，也许活不到早晨。
　The child was still living when the doctor arrived.　医生到来的时候，孩子还活着。
　They lived happily ever after.　后来，他们生活得很愉快。
　Don't live wastefully.　生活切莫铺张浪费。
　I cannot afford to live expensively.　我过不起阔绰的日子。
　Give up your arms and live!　缴枪不杀！
　She lives about ten miles from my house.　她的住处离我家约10英里远。
　As long as I live, the bridge lives.　人在，桥就在。
　In the animal world the strong live while the weak die.　在动物世界里，强者生存，弱者灭亡。
　He did not live to finish the work.　他没活到完成这项工作。
　He didn't live to see his son back from the battle.　他没有活到看见儿子打仗回来。
　Without the doctor, I could not have lived to see today's happiness.　没有医生，我就不能过上今天的幸福生活。
　There lived an old hunter in that small hut.　在那间小屋里住过一位年老的猎人。
　Once there lived an old fisherman in a village by the sea.　从前，海边的一个村子里住着一位老渔夫。
　He lived a lonely man.　他一生孤独。
　She lived a virgin.　她守身如玉，终身不嫁。
　He lived and died a bachelor.　他终生未娶。
　He lived invisible all his life.　他一生谢绝来客，不愿抛头露面。
　The flowers will live longer if you put them in water.　如果你把这些花养在水里，它们就活得久些。
　A nation can't live isolated.　一个国家不能闭关自守。
　I lived a happy life.　我过着幸福的生活。
　He lived a simple life.　他过着俭朴的生活。
　He lived a life of luxury all his life.　他一生过着奢侈的生活。
　John lives a life of ease and idleness.　约翰过着闲适的生活。
　He lived the life of a Christian.　他过着基督徒的生活。
　Up the sixty he had lived the life of a young man.　一直到60岁，他还过年轻人的生活。
　He lived his belief.　他实践自己的信仰。
　He lived an unforgettable hour that seemed a lifetime.　他度过了难以忘怀的时刻，好像过了一辈子似的。
　None of the others have lived my experience.　别人都不曾有过我这样的经历。
　He had lived what he narrated.　他讲的那些事，他都亲身经历过。

 ♣ live after　(v.+prep.)
　在（某事结束或某人死后）继续存在　continue or last after the end of sth or death of sb
　The good he did will live after him.　他生前做的好事将永留人世。
　The acts of good men live after them in our memories.　好人谢世后，他们的行为举止长久地留在我们的记忆里。
　His reputation will live long after his death.　他将英名长存。
 ♣ live among　(v.+prep.)
　在…中生活　make one's home in an area populated by (a certain kind of people)
　After living among the natives for twenty years, the painter forgot his own language and civilized ways of life.　那位画家在当地人中生活了20年之后，忘了自己的语言，并忘记了文明的生活方式。
　I lived among the Masai people for many years, but I failed to learn their language.　我在马萨依族人中生活了多年，但没能学会他们的语言。
 ♣ live and learn
　活到老，学到老；不经一事，不长一智　learn sth new;learn by experience
　Live and learn.　活到老，学到老。
　I bought a secondhand sewing machine and then had to pay out lots of money to replace many worn parts. I live and learn—it would have been cheaper to buy a new one.　我买了台旧缝纫机，但后来花好多钱更换许多坏了的部件。吃一堑，长一智——还不如买台新的便宜！
 ♣ live and let live
　待人容忍；待人宽容如待己　accept one's behaviour;be tolerant
　We are both in the same trade but good friends. Our idea is to live and let live.　我们是同行，但也是好友。我们的想法是：自己活，也让人家活。
　We shall never get anywhere with all his criticism and faultfinding. I believe in the principle "Live and let live".　我们这样遇事就批评和挑剔是绝无结果的。我信奉“宽以待人”的原则。
 ♣ live apart　(v.+adv.)
　分居　(of a married person or pair) live separately although remain married
　After their worst quarrel, Jim and Mary wondered if they should live apart for a time to try to improve their relationship.　吉姆同玛丽大闹了一场之后，他们考虑是否应当分开一段时间以改善关系。
　After Jane had been living apart from Fair for six months, she decided to return to him.　简和费尔分居6个月后，决定回到他身边。
 ♣ live at　(v.+prep.)
　住在　have one's home at
　No one lives at the corner of the street now, it's all shops and offices.　现在没有人在那个街角上住了，那里都是商店和办事机构。
　I lived at 29 Celebration Street, Nairobi, for many years.　我在内罗毕典礼街29号住了许多年。
　When the house was damaged by fire, we had to live at the Grand Hotel for several weeks.　房子被烧毁了，我们只得在格兰德旅馆里住了几个星期。
　We then lived at Norwood Road, but now we live at Fleet Street.　我们原来住在诺伍德路，但现在住在舰队街。
 ♣ live beyond　(v.+prep.)
　住在远于或过了（某处）的地方　have one's home in a place further distant than (somewhere)
　The farmer's family live(s) beyond the next valley.　过了下一个山谷就是那个农民的家。
 ♣ live by　(v.+prep.)
　以…谋生　earn one's living by (doing) sth
　They live by honest labour.　他们靠诚实劳动生活。
　He was never serious with any trade. He lived by his wits.　他对哪一行都不认真，他靠小聪明过日子。
　He lives by begging.　他以乞讨为生。
　The people in that small town are very poor;they probably live by taking in one another's washing.　那个小镇上的居民很贫穷，他们可能靠彼此相助而生活。
 ♣ live down　(v.+adv.)
　使人忘记…　cause people to forget or forgive (sth bad or foolish in one's past) by improved behaviour, directing their attention elsewhere, etc.
　It will be difficult to live down this humiliation.　很难忘记这样的耻辱。
　After his release from prison, he vowed to live down his crimes.　出狱后，他立誓悔过自新，使人忘记他的罪行。
　It will be a long time before you live down that foolish mistake.　你虽然改正错误，也得经过很长一段时间，人们才会忘掉你那愚蠢的过去。
　Twenty years later, his family are still trying to live the scandal down. 　20年过去了，他的一家仍在努力使人们忘记那件丑闻。
 ♣ live for　(v.+prep.)
　为…而生活，以…为生活目的　remain alive for (a length of time);have as one's main reason or interest in life
　Both boys just live for football.　那两个男孩只想着足球。
　She lives for her work.　她一心想着自己的工作。
　I live for the day when I retire.　我向往着退休的那一天。
　He says that he has nothing to live for since his wife died.　他说，自妻子去世后，他已没有生活乐趣可言。
 ♣ live in¹　(v.+adv.)
　住在学习或工作的地方　live in the same place as where one works or studies
　The servants live in.　仆人们寄宿在主人家。
　Where can we find a cook who will live in?　现在哪里能雇到愿在雇主家住宿的厨师?
　Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.　杰克决定大一时住校。
　Did you live in or live out when you were at college?　你上大学时是住校还是走读?
　Students of this college are expected to live in.　这个学院要求学生住校。
 ♣ live in²　(v.+prep.)
　住在（某地）;存在于…;为…而生存　make one's home (in a place or building);be able to exist in sth or because of sb
　I've been living in this city since my family moved here twenty years ago.　自从20年前我家搬到这里以来，我一直住在这个城市。
　I'd like to go to the country and live in a small way.　我想去乡下过简朴、安静的生活。
　She indeed lives in a fool's paradise as she always dreams about making a huge fortune overnight.　她总想顷刻间大发横财，的确有点想入非非。
　What a wretched life they lived in the workhouse!　他们住在济贫院里，过的生活真悲惨！
　In the summer camp, children live the life of the collective.　在夏令营里，孩子们过集体生活。
 ♣ live it down
　忘记；原谅　forget;forgive
　You'll never live it down!　你永远也不能让人忘记你这件事。
　Beaten by the worst team in the league?
　They'll never live it down!　竟然输给了联赛中最差的球队?他们将永远无法使人们忘记这一耻辱！
　Frank was rather a bad boy, but he lived it down as he grew up.　弗兰克从前是个坏孩子，长大以后就得到谅解了。
 ♣ live it up
　〈非正〉纵情欢乐；奢侈浪费 enjoy oneself (through excessive spending〔indulgence〕)
　〔说明〕 live it up不用于被动结构。
　We were really living it up at John's housewarming party last night.　在昨晚庆祝约翰乔迁之喜的晚会上，我们玩得很痛快。
　Let's go to Europe for two weeks and live it up.　咱们到欧洲去两个星期，好好享受一番。
　After getting a large inheritance, Bob and Alice lived it up for years.　鲍勃和艾丽斯得到一大笔遗产后，过了好几年奢侈生活。
　We always take plenty of money on holiday so that we can live it up for at least two weeks in the year.　我们通常带很多钱去度假，这样在一年里，我们至少有两个星期能纵情欢乐。
 ♣ live off　(v.+prep.)
　以…为食；以…为生　eat (certain food);make a life by depending on sb/sth
　They live off the land.　他们以农产品为食。
　These animals with long necks live off the leaves of tall trees.　这些长颈动物以高大树木的叶子为食。
　Thousands of waterfowl breed round the lake and live off the fish.　数以千计的水鸟在湖边繁殖，靠鱼来生存。
　He lives off fruit and nuts.　他靠水果和坚果维持生命。
　Since he lost his job, he's been living off his parents.　自从失业以后，他一直靠父母生活。
　I live off the money from my first book.　我靠出第一本书所得的钱过活。
　I don't know how she manages to live off her painting.　我不知道她怎么能以画画为生。
　The family was in such difficult straits they were living off welfare.　这家人处境十分窘迫，只能靠福利救济过日子。
 ♣ live on¹　(v.+adv.)
　继续活着；继续存在　continue to live;continue to exist, often for a long time
　〔说明〕 live on不用于进行体。
　Now our monthly income is more than enough to live on.　现在，我们每月的收入除了维持生活，还有多余。
　He's ninety, but still he lives on.　他90岁了，还健在。
　The boy lived on for a week after the heart transplant.　心脏移植手术后，这孩子还活了一个星期。
　The old people died but the young ones lived on.　老人死了，但年轻人都继续活着。
　He lived on in spite of the accident.　尽管出了事故，他还是活下来了。
　He will die, but his fame will live on after him.　他虽然会死去，但他的名声会在他死后继续传扬。
　The composer's works will always live on.　这位作曲家的作品永远留在人间。
　This custom will live on for centuries.　这种风俗习惯还会流传若干世纪。
　The scientist's name will live on from generation to generation.　这位科学家的名字将流芳百世。
 ♣ live on²　(v.+prep.)
1. 住在…上 have one's home on sth
　I have always wanted to live on an island in the middle of a lake.　我总是想在一座湖心小岛上生活。
2. 以…为食；靠…为生 eat (certain food);live a life depending on (sb/sth)
　For a whole week we had to live on fish and chips.　整整一个星期，我们只得以炸鱼加薯条为主食。
　Most of the Asians live on rice.　多数亚洲人以大米为食。
　The guerrillas camped in the open and lived on wild plants.　游击队员在野地露宿，靠吃野菜生活。
　She is a vegetarian, so she lives mainly on vegetable and fruit.　她是素食主义者，所以主要靠吃蔬菜和水果为生。
　Old White couldn't live on his son's salaries.　老怀特无法靠他儿子的工资过活。
　That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.　那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
 ♣ live out　(v.+adv.)
1. 不住在工作或学习的地方 live in a place away from where one works or studies
　The servants live out.　仆人不在主人家寄宿。
　Some of the students have rooms in their college, but most have to live out as there isn't room for them all.　有些学生住在学校里，但是多数学生都得住在校外，因为校内容纳不下全部学生。
　Students can live out if they wish.　如果学生们愿意，他们可在学院外寄宿。
2. 度过（某一段时间）;过（某种生活） live to the end of (a period of time);live a certain sort of life
　〔说明〕 live out作此解时通常不用于进行体。
　He is seriously ill. I'm afraid he cannot live out one more week.　他已病入膏肓，恐怕活不到一周了。
　I doubt if she'll live out the winter.　我怀疑她是否能熬过这一冬。
　Don't bother me, O. K.?Just let me live out my life in peace and in private.　别打扰我了，好不好?就让我一个人安安宁宁地度过后半辈子吧。
　My family lived out the earthquake, but our house was destroyed.　我们一家在地震中劫后余生，但房子却毁了。
　Her success enabled her to live out her wildest fantasies.　她的成功使她得以实现自己的狂想。
 ♣ live out of　(v.+adv.+prep.)
1. 住在…之外 live away from (a place)
　We chose to live out of town and travel in to work every day, to get some fresh air and avoid high property prices.　为了呼吸新鲜空气并避免昂贵的房地产花销，我们决意住在城外，每天赶路上班。
2. 将所有必需品装在…中 keep all one's necessary possessions in (a container)
　I'm so tired of all this travelling, living out of suitcases.　我对这次旅行真是烦透了，生活必需品都得装在这么几只箱子里。
　I carry so many things in my handbag that the family all joke that I could live out of it for a week.　我的手提包里装了这么多东西，家里人都打趣说，我靠它过一个星期也没问题。
3. 从…取食 take one's food from (a container such as a tin)
　Many men on their own will live out of tins rather than cook meals for themselves.　许多独身生活的人靠吃罐头生活，而不愿自己做饭。
 ♣ live over¹　(v.+adv.)
1. 重温 repeat (sth), usually in the mind
　The old man keeps living over his memories.　那位老人常在心中重温往日的经历。
2. 重新过（某种日子） relive (sth)
　If I had my life to live over, I'd do the same again.　假如我能从头再生活一次的话，我仍然会这样做的。
 ♣ live over²　(v.+prep.)
　住在高于…的地方　make one's home on top of or at a higher level that (sth such as a place)
　The owners live over the shop.　老板们住在商店的上头。
 ♣ live through　(v.+prep.)
　经历过；经历…而未死　remain alive during and in spite of (difficulty);experience
　He has lived through two world wars.　他经历过两次世界大战。
　He had lived through the worst years of the depression.　他经历过大萧条期间最艰苦的那几年。
　They lived through the long famine.　他们经历了漫长的饥荒而未死。
　Can he live through the night? 　他能活得过今夜吗?
　I couldn't live through another day like that.　照这样我一天也熬不下去了。
　I don't think he'll manage to live through another bad winter.　我认为他不能再熬过一个严冬了。
　I don't know how I lived through the last week, waiting for the result.　我不知道我是怎样在等待结果中度过上一周的。
　He was among the few who managed to live through the experiences in the enemy prison camp.　活着离开战俘集中营的人很少，他是其中的一个。
 ♣ live to　(v.+prep.)
　活到　live as long as (a certain age)
　〔说明〕 live to通常不用于进行体，其后常接由age构成的名词性短语。
　Many people have a wish to live to old age.　许多人想长寿。
　My grandfather lived to a great age.　我爷爷活到高龄。
　He lived to the ripe age of 90.　他活到90高龄。
　Not many people live to a hundred.　很少人活到一百岁。
 ♣ live to oneself
　离群索居　live alone without the desire for company;not try to be friendly
　〔说明〕 live to oneself通常不用于进行体。
　He always had a lonely nature and chose to live to himself.　他一向性情孤僻，愿意过离群索居的生活。
　Go out, don't always live to yourself.　走出去嘛，不要总是过孤独的生活。
 ♣ live together　(v.+adv.)
　住在一起；（通常指异性）同居　exist at the same time or in the same place;live as if married
　Now they are living happily together with the Han.　现在他们和汉族人愉快地生活在一起。
　I hear Jane and Bill are living together.　我听说简和比尔现在同居了。
　How long have they been living together? 　他们已经同居多久了?
　Increasing numbers of young people choose to live together rather than to marry.　越来越多的青年人选择未婚同居而不是结婚。
 ♣ live under　(v.+prep.)
1. 住在…之下 make one's home beneath (sth)
　Rabbits live under the ground.　兔子住在地下。
　We live under the same roof, and eat at the same table.　我们同住一个房檐下，同在一张餐桌上吃饭。
2. 在…的控制下生活 be controlled by (a power)
　My friend lived under the cat's foot.　我的朋友怕老婆。
　For years the people lived under the rule of cruel princes.　多年来人们就在残暴的亲王们的统治下生活。
 ♣ live up to　(v.+adv.+prep.)
1. 达到高标准；不辜负 keep to the high standard(s) of
　The child found it hard to live up to the school's standards of excellence.　这个孩子觉得很难达到这所学校的优秀标准。
　He has lived up to the hopes of his father.　他的所作所为没有辜负父亲的期望。
　Children will always live up to your expectations of them.　孩子们将不会辜负你的希望。
　They live up to their reputation of heroes.　他们无愧于英雄的美名。
　He didn't live up to his reputation.　他是盛名之下，其实难副。
　The hotel didn't live up to its great reputation.　这家旅馆的服务与它的盛名不相符。
2. 实行；履行 put (one's faith, principles, etc.) into practice
　It surprised me, but that car salesman lived up to all the promises he made.　这使我很惊奇，那个汽车推销员言行很一致。
　One ought to live up to what he knows to be right.　自己认为是对的，就应该在生活中去实践。
　Do you live up to your ideals?　你忠于自己的理想吗?
　We'll continue to live up to our promises.　我们将一如既往，信守诺言。
　Emma is a girl who usually lives up to her promises.　爱玛是个信守诺言的姑娘。
　We should live up to our agreement.　我们应当遵守协议。
　You should try to live up to your father's principles.　你应尽力坚持你父亲的原则。
　It is not easy to live up to the principles of the Christian religion.　奉行基督教的教义是很困难的。
 ♣ live well　(v.+adv.)
　〔说明〕 live well通常不用于进行体。
1. 过富足的生活 live in a wealthy manner
　He must be making a good income, he seems to be living well.　他一定收入丰厚，看上去他过得很富裕。
2. 过道德的生活 live in a moral manner
　He lived well, helping the poor, and considering all other people;he died penniless and unknown.　他生前讲道德，总是帮助穷人，帮助所有的人；后来却一文不名，默默无闻地死了。
 ♣ live with　(v.+prep.)
1. 与…同处〔一起生活〕;与（异性）同居 share a living place with;exist at the same time or in the same place as;make one's home with;spend one's life with (sb/sth);live with (sb usually of the opposite sex) as if married
　She lived in the village with her grandparents as cheerful as a lark.　她同祖父母一起住在乡间非常快活。
　Dogs and cats cannot live with each other in the same house.　猫和狗不能共同生活在一幢房子里。
　The girl with whom he had been living for two years suddenly packed her bags and left.　这姑娘和他同居了两年，突然收拾起行李走掉了。
2. 学会去适应；接受并忍受 learn to accept and endure (sth unpleasant)
　It was very difficult when she first lost her hearing, but she has learnt to live with it.　她最初失去听觉的时候，感到非常困难，但是现在她已经慢慢适应了。
　Powerful nations must learn to live with each other in peace.　强国必须学会和睦相处。
　Whether you like it or not, you will have to live with the new tax law.　不管你喜欢与否，你得接受新税法。
　I don't like the noise of these jet aircraft, but I've learnt to live with it.　我讨厌这些喷气飞机发出的噪音，但我已学会去忍受它了。
　I don't like the winter, but we all have to live with it.　我不喜欢过冬天，但我们还不都得过吗?
　You must live with the fact that you are no longer as strong as you were.　你必须承认，你已经不像过去那么健壮了。
　You have to live with the fact that you've lost all your money.　你不得不接受你丢了所有的钱这个事实。
　It's hard to live with the knowledge that you are a failure.　你知道你已失败，这是很难受的。
3. 自重，保持自尊心 keep self-respect
　Would he be able to live with himself later?　他以后还能保持自尊心吗?
 ♣ live within　(v.+prep.)
　住在…内　live inside (the limit of an area)
　If you live within the city border, you pay higher taxes.　如果你住在城里，就得缴纳更多的税款。
　They live within easy reach of London.　他们住在离伦敦很近的地方。
 ♣ live without　(v.+prep.)
　在没有…的情况下生活；少…也可以生活　find it possible to go on existing in spite of lacking (sb/sth)
　She tried for a little while to live without him but couldn't.　她曾一时试图脱离他独自生活，但发现那是过不下去的。
　Plants can't live without moisture.　没有水分，植物不能生长。
　We can live without clothes, but food and drink are essential to life.　没有衣服我们可以生存，但是食物和水是维持生命必不可少的。
　We may live without books, music, and art, but our lives would be poorer.　没有书籍，没有音乐，没有艺术，我们也可以活下去，但那样的生活就更为贫乏了。

 ♣ live at, live in, live on
　“住在…街”在英式英语中用live in，在美式英语中用live on;“住在…号”和“住在(…街）…号”在英式英语中和美式英语中都用at.
 ♣ live on, live off
　这两者都可表示“靠…过活”。接职业时只能用live off，不能用live on. 例如：
　He prefers to live on his salary and not to spend his savings.　他愿意花他的工资生活而不动用储蓄金。
　For the first half of the year we live off the silkworms;for the second half, we live off the land.　头半年我们靠养蚕生活，后半年靠种地生活。
 ♣ live by, live on
　这两者意义并不相同。live by的意思是“靠…过活”，指的是手段；live on的意思是“靠…为生”，指的是来源。例如：
　He lived by writing.　他以写作为生。
　With the rising cost of living, it is hard for the old people to live on their pensions.　由于生活费用不断上涨，老年人靠养老金生活已很困难了。
 ♣ live on, feed on
　这两者都可表示“以…为食”。live on可用于动物，也可用于人；feed on一般只用于动物。例如：
　The woodpecker lives on small insects.　啄木鸟靠吃小昆虫生活。
　Certain animals feed on insects.　有些动物以昆虫为食。
 ♣ live, abide, inhabit, reside, stay
　这几个词都有“住”的意思。其区别在于：live作“居住，住”解时，是普通用语，指住在某一地方，多用于日常生活口语中，是不及物动词，后面常与介词连用；reside为正式用语，指在某地固定居住或合法地居住；inhabit指人或动物因适应所生活地域的自然环境而定居下来，通常用作及物动词；abide常用在法律和文学上，是较为陈旧、文气的用法；stay指暂时住在某处，常用于旅途中在某处住宿，是不及物动词。例如：
　While the children are living under my roof, they will have to obey my orders.　孩子们住在我这儿就得听我的话。
　The child abided with his grandparents for three years before returning to his home.　那个孩子和祖父母一起居住了三年才回到自己的家里。
　This district is densely inhabited.　这个地区的人口密度很高。
　They reside in a cottage at the foot of the mountain.　他们居住在山脚下的一所小屋里。
　Where are you staying?　你住在哪里?
 ♣ live, be, exist
　参见exist条。
 ♣ live, dwell
　这两个词的共同意思是“居住”。其区别是：live是普通用语，常用于日常口语中；dwell是书面用语，一般用于文学作品中。dwell还有“仔细研究，详细论述”的意思。例如：
　When I was only three years old, my poor mother had to live in, cooking and washing for a rich lady.　我才三岁的时候，我可怜的妈妈不得不住在一个阔太太的家里，给人家做饭、洗衣服。
　He dreamed that he dwelled in the heaven.　他做梦住在天堂里。
　She dwelt at length upon the similarities of the two paintings.　她详细地讲述了这两幅画的相似之处。
 ♣ live with, lodge with, stay with
　这三个短语意思相近，但也有差别：live with的意思是“寄宿在某人处，与某人同居”;lodge with用于古语体口语中，指投宿在熟人处；stay with指作为客人短期地住在某人家里。例如：
　She lived with him for a couple of years before they got married.　他们在结婚前已同居了二三年。
　When we go to the countryside, we lodge with my uncle.　我们去乡下寄住在我叔叔家。
　I stayed with the governor when I was in Celon.　我在锡兰时住在总督家里。
 ♣ 下面各组中的两个句子意思不同：
　
　
　

1. 他以前靠修鞋过活。
　［误］ He used to lived on repairing shoes.
　［正］ He used to make a living by repairing shoes.
　［析］ live on后不能接职业、工作一类的词。
2. 多年来她始终过得很快活。
　［误］ She has been living very happy for years.
　［正］ She has been living a very happy life for years.
　［析］ 作“过…生活”解时live可接同源宾语，但不可接形容词。

　当只表示“某地是某人的家”时， live不用于进行时。如果说“某人刚搬到某地或某地是临时住所”，才可用于进行时。例如：
　Remember that you are living in someone else's home.　记住你是住在别人的家里。

　［同义词］ breathe, continue, earn a living, exist, feed, remain, stay, survive
　［反义词］ cease, die
　［词源］　古英语libban（住，生活）