live on phrasal verbphr v a) SURVIVEif something lives on, it continues to exist 继续存在着 Alice’s memory will live on. 艾丽斯会一直留在大家的记忆里。
b) live on something to have a particular amount of money to buy food and other necessary things 依靠某物生活 I don’t know how they manage to live on £55 a week. 我不知道他们一个星期55英镑是怎么过日子的。
the number of families who live on benefits 靠救济过日子的家庭数量
c) live on something to eat a lot of a particular type of food 主要吃某种食物 They live on bread and potatoes. 他们以面包和马铃薯为主食。
He practically lives on fish and chips! 他几乎以吃炸鱼和薯条为生！
live on• How much do you need to live on?• $35,000 a year sounds like a lot of money, but it's scarcely enough to live on in New York.
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