- survive的基本意思是指經過比較大的災難后仍舊活了下來,即“繼續生存”,也可指自身的生存時間相對于他人來說比較長,即“比…活得長”。
- survive可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,后接名詞或代詞作賓語。可用于被動結構。
survive vi. 活著；繼續存在
vt. 幸免于難；存活；艱難度過；比 … 活
survival n. 幸存，生還
survivor n. 幸存者
例句1：（vi. 活著，幸存下來）主語+survive.
Of those wounded men in the battle only three survived.
戰斗中負傷的人只有三個活了下來。
例句2. vt. 主語+survive+sth.經歷過……活下來
主語+survive+sb.+by +一段時間比某人活得久
Many people felt lucky to have survived the tsunami.
經歷那次海嘯后能生存下來，很多人感到很幸運。
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。
His mental faculties survived his physical powers.
他身體已衰弱,但精神還很好。
I hope I shall never survive my usefulness.
我希望在我的有生之年永遠不會成為廢物。
The old man has survived his wife.
這位老者比他的老伴兒活得長。
例句3：
We need food and water for survival.
我們為了生存需要食物和水。
That fashion is a survival from the 1930s.
那種時裝是三十年代的遺風。
練一練：用survive的適當形式填空：
1.Few birds managed to ________the winter last year.
2.He is the only man who _______ after the explosion.
3.Hopes are fading for the _______of the missing climbers.
4.There was only one_________ from the plane crash.
參考答案：（1. survive 2. survived s. survival 4. survivor)
