一、详细释义:
adj.
英[laɪv];美[laɪv]
有生命的,活的
例句:
We saw a real live rattlesnake!
我们看到一条真的响尾蛇!
例句:
The cat is playing with a live mouse.
猫在戏弄那只活老鼠。
(指广播)现场直播的,实况转播的
例句:
We watched a live television show.
我们观看了一场电视现场直播的表演。
例句:
We managed to record the whole of the concert from a live studio broadcast.
我们尽力把整个现场直播音乐会都录制了下来。
发着光的,点燃着的
例句:
We cooked the steak over live coals.
我们在燃烧着的炭上煎牛排。
(指电线或装置)带电的,通着电的
例句:
If you touch this live wire, you'll get a shock.
摸这条带电的导线,就会触电。
例句:
The electrician killed the live circuit.
那位电工切断了通电电路。
v.
英[lɪv];美[lɪv]
生存,活着 [I]
例句:
Our affections are our life -- We live by them, they supply our warmth.
我们的感情是我们的生命,我们靠它生存,我们的温暖是它供应。
例句:
If it were not for oxygen and nitrogen in the air, no man could live on the earth.
大气中如果没有氧和氮,人就无法生存于地球了。
住,居住 [I]
例句:
She has lived here for 2 years.
她在这里住了2年了。
例句:
She always said I ought to live alone.
她常说我应该一个人住。
度过,经历过 [I]
例句:
They lived through the famine.
他们度过了饥荒。
例句:
He has lived through two world wars.
他经历过两次世界大战。
继续存在,留存,铭记 [I]
例句:
The memory of that will live with me for many years to come.
那个记忆将会伴随我多年。
例句:
His name will live in history as one of the greatest bowlers of all time.
他将会作为史上最伟大的板球投手之一而留名青史。
过丰富而有意义的生活,享受生活乐趣 [I]
例句:
At 38 she was just beginning to live.
她到了38岁才开始真正享受生活。
过…样的生活;经历 [T]
例句:
They live a happy live.
他们过着幸福的生活。
例句:
People like to live a life full of variety.
人们喜欢过丰富多彩的生活。
实践,身体力行 [T]
例句:
He lived his belief.
他身体力行自己的信仰。
例句:
She hated to live a lie.
她极不愿意虚伪地生活。
二、词义辨析:
dwell,reside,live,lodge,inhabit,settle
这些动词均有“居住、定居”之意。dwell文学上的用词,口语中通常用live代替。reside书面用词,指合法的永久性居住,也指在豪华的住宅里居住。live最普通用词,指固定的居住,可以是长期的,也可以是临时的。lodge指短时间或临时住宿。inhabit强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。settle侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区,而不指居住的住所。