survive的基本意思是指经过比较大的灾难后仍旧活了下来,即“继续生存”,也可指自身的生存时间相对于他人来说比较长,即“比…活得长”。
survive可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
survive vi.活着；继续存在
vt.幸免于难；存活；艰难度过；比...活
survival n.幸存，生还
survivor n.幸存者
例句1：（vi.活着，幸存下来）主语+survive.
Of those wounded men in the battle only three survived.
战斗中负伤的人只有三个活了下来。
例句2.vt.主语+survive+sth.经历过......活下来
主语+survive+sb.+by+一段时间比某人活得久
Many people felt lucky to have survived the tsunami.
经历那次海啸后能生存下来，很多人感到很幸运。
I don't know how I ever survived high school.
我都不知道我是怎样熬过高中那段岁月的。
His mental faculties survived his physical powers.
他身体已衰弱,但精神还很好。
I hope I shall never survive my usefulness.
我希望在我的有生之年永远不会成为废物。
The old man has survived his wife.
这位老者比他的老伴儿活得长。
例句3：
We need food and water for survival.
我们为了生存需要食物和水。
That fashion is a survival from the 1930s.
那种时装是三十年代的遗风。
