1 [I,T] to continue to live or exist in or after a difficult or dangerous situation 存活；生还: More than a hundred people were killed in the crash and only five passengers survived. 坠机事件中超过一百人丧生，只有五名乘客生还。How can she survive on such a small salary? 她靠这么微薄的薪金怎么活得下去呢？ [T] to survive a plane crash 在坠机事故中生还Not many buildings survived the bombing. 轰炸以后建筑物所剩无几。

2 [T] to live longer than sb/sth 比…活得久或生存时间长 ➔survival /səˈvaɪvl ||; sɚˈvaɪvḷ/ noun [U]: A heart transplant was his only chance of survival. 他只有通过心脏移植才有可能活下来。 ➔survivor noun [C]: There were five survivors of the crash. 坠机事件中有五个人生还。