live for something phrasal verbphr v if you live for something, it is the thing that you enjoy or hope for most in your life 为…而活 He lived for his art. 他是为自己的艺术而活着。
She had nothing left to live for. 她没有什么生活目标了。
She lives for the day when she can have a house of her own. 她生活的目标就是有一天能拥有自己的房子。
live for • They can weigh up to 260 grams and may live for 10 years or more.• She is not going to live for any one man.• For four years, Edouard lived for his work.• What we have lived for is the dark when we think aloud to ourselves.• She is not going to live for killing because she knows better.• I could live for the memory of that one time, for just that one heart-pounding, blood-thumping time with Jasper.• Old thought: We lived for thousands of years without needing to make or take phone calls right this red hot second.• It may be that many children will live for years with only episodes of severe illness.
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