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VERB
居住
If someone lives in a particular place or with a particular person, their home is in that place or with that person.
例句
She has lived here for 10 years...
她在這里住了10年了。
She always said I ought to live alone...
她總說我應該一個人住。
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VERB
生活；過活
If you say that someone lives in particular circumstances or that they live a particular kind of life, you mean that they are in those circumstances or that they have that kind of life.
例句
We lived quite grandly...
我們生活得非常快樂。
Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time...
比起上幾輩人，我們有更多機會享受生活。
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VERB
為…而生活
If you say that someone lives for a particular thing, you mean that it is the most important thing in their life.
例句
He lived for his work.
他為工作而活。
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VERB
活；生存
To live means to be alive. If someone lives to a particular age, they stay alive until they are that age.
例句
He's got a terrible disease and will not live long...
他已身患重疾，時日無多。
A perennial is a plant that lives indefinitely...
多年生植物是指能存活很多年的植物。
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VERB
靠…過活；以…為生
If people live by doing a particular activity, they get the money, food, or clothing they need by doing that activity.
例句
...the last indigenous people to live by hunting...
最后一個狩獵為生的土著民族
These crimes were committed largely by professional criminals who lived by crime.
這些罪案大都是由以犯罪為生的職業罪犯制造的。
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VERB
恪守（規則、信念、理想等）
If you live by a particular rule, belief, or ideal, you behave in the way in which it says you should behave.
例句
They live by the principle that we are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we want from it.
他們恪守著這樣的原則：我們來到世上是要為生活做貢獻，而不是從中索取。
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VERB
留存；銘記；流傳下去
If a person or occasion lives in someone's mind or in history, they are remembered for a long time.
例句
The memory of that will live with me for many years to come...
那個記憶將會伴隨我多年。
His name will live in history as one of the greatest bowlers of all time...
他將會作為史上最偉大的板球投手之一而留名青史。
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PHRASE
熱衷于…；狂熱愛好…
If you say that someone lives and breathes a particular subject or activity, you are emphasizing that they are extremely enthusiastic about it.
例句
He has lived and breathed polo since he was seven.
他從7歲開始就一直熱衷于馬球。
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PHRASE
枉過此生；白活
If you tell someone that they haven't lived unless they experience a particular thing, you are telling them that thing is extremely good and should be experienced.
例句
If you have never been to an opera, you haven't lived...
要是從來沒看過歌劇，那就枉過此生了。
You haven't lived until you've used their new micro system.
要是沒用過他們新的微系統，這輩子就算白活了。
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PHRASE
活在擔心/恐懼中
You can use expressions such as to live in fear and to live in terror to indicate that someone is always thinking about an unpleasant or frightening event, because they think that it might happen.
例句
One in 10 Californians is unemployed and thousands more live in fear of losing their jobs.
十分之一的加利福尼亞人沒有工作，還有數以千計的人成天提心吊膽地害怕失去工作。
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CONVENTION
自己活也讓別人活；互相寬容；互不干擾
You say live and let live as a way of saying that you should let other people behave in the way that they want to and not criticize them for behaving differently from you.
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PHRASE
狂歡；享樂一番
If you live it up, you have a very enjoyable and exciting time, for example by going to lots of parties or going out drinking with friends.
例句
There is no reason why you couldn't live it up once in a while.
偶爾放縱一下也無妨。
Verb
1. make one's home or live in;
"She resides officially in Iceland""I live in a 200-year old house""These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted""The plains are sparsely populated"2. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style;
"we had to live frugally after the war"3. continue to live; endure or last;
"We went without water and food for 3 days""These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America""The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"4. support oneself;
"he could barely exist on such a low wage""Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?""Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"5. have life, be alive;
"Our great leader is no more""My grandfather lived until the end of war"6. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;
"I know the feeling!""have you ever known hunger?""I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict""The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare""I lived through two divorces"7. pursue a positive and satisfying existence;
"You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"Adjective
1. actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing;
"a live television program""brought to you live from Lincoln Center""live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience"2. showing characteristics of life; exerting force or containing energy;
"live coals""tossed a live cigarette out the window""got a shock from a live wire""live ore is unmined ore""a live bomb""a live ball is one in play"3. highly reverberant;
"a live concert hall"4. charged with an explosive;
"live ammunition""a live bomb"5. rebounds readily;
"clean bouncy hair""a lively tennis ball""as resiliant as seasoned hickory""springy turf"6. abounding with life and energy;
"the club members are a really live bunch"7. in current use or ready for use;
"live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"8. of current relevance;
"a live issue""still a live option"9. charged or energized with electricity;
"a hot wire""a live wire"10. having life;
"a live canary""hit a live nerve""famous living painters""living tissue";11. capable of erupting;
"a live volcano""the volcano is very much alive"Adverb
1. not recorded;
"the opera was broadcast live"