/lɪv ||; lɪv/verb1 [I] to have your home in a particular place 居住；住: Where do you live? 你住在哪里？He still lives with his parents. 他仍然与父母同住。
2 [I] to be or stay alive 生存；活着: She hasn't got long to live. 她已活不多久了。to live to a great age 活到高龄
3 [I,T] to pass or spend your life in a certain way 生活；过活 [T] to live a quiet life 过着宁静的生活 [I] to live in comfort/poverty 过舒适╱贫苦的生活
4 [I] to enjoy all the opportunities of life fully 充分享受人生；过多彩多姿的生活: I want to live a bit before settling down and getting married. 我想在安定下来结婚之前，好好享受一下生活。
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live by sth to follow a particular belief or set of principles 遵循某种信念或原则
live by doing sth to get the money, food, etc you need by doing a particular activity 以做某事维持生计:
They live by hunting and fishing. 他们以狩猎和捕鱼为生。 live for sb/sth to consider sb/sth to be the most important thing in your life 为…而活:
He felt he had nothing to live for after his wife died. 他妻子死后，他觉得活着已经没有意义。 not live sth down to be unable to make people forget sth bad or embarrassing that you have done 无法使人们淡忘自己做过的糟糕事或尴尬事
live it up to enjoy yourself in an exciting way, usually spending a lot of money 狂欢或享乐一番（通常指花大钱）
live off sb/sth to depend on sb/sth in order to live 靠或依赖…过活:
Barry lives off tinned food. 巴里靠吃罐头食品过日子。She could easily get a job but she still lives off her parents. 她很容易找一份工作，但她还在依靠父母生活。 live on to continue to live or exist 继续生存或活着:
Mozart is dead but his music lives on. 虽然莫扎特人已作古，但他的音乐长留人间。 live on sth 1 to have sth as your only food 以…为粮食；以…维持生命: to live on bread and water 以面包和水维持生命
2 to manage to buy what you need to live 设法买到生活必需品: I don't know how they live on so little money! 我不知道他们靠这么一点钱怎样过活！
live out sth 1 to actually do sth that you only imagined doing before 实践（以前想象的事）: to live out your dreams/fantasies 实践自己的梦想╱幻想
2 to spend the rest of your life in a particular way 以某种方式度过余生
live through sth to survive an unpleasant experience 渡过，经历过（不快的事）:
She lived through two wars. 她经历过两次战争。 live together to live in the same house, etc as sb and have a sexual relationship with him/her 同居，住在一起（指有性关系）
live up to sth to be as good as expected 不辜负，达到（期望）:
Children sometimes find it hard to live up to their parents' expectations. 为人子女的有时会发觉很难达到父母的期望。 live with sb=
LIVE TOGETHERlive with sth to accept sth unpleasant that you cannot change 接受，容忍（一些无法改变的不愉快事情）:
It can be hard to live with the fact that you are getting older. 年龄的增长会是个叫人难以接受的事实。