Skip to main content

surviving

/ser-vahyv/US // sərˈvaɪv //UK // (səˈvaɪv) //

尚存的,幸存的,活着的,尚存

Related Words

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sur·vived, sur·viv·ing.

    • : to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
    • : to remain or continue in existence or use: Ancient farming methods still survive in the Middle East.
    • : to get along or remain healthy, happy, and unaffected in spite of some occurrence: She's surviving after the divorce.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sur·vived, sur·viv·ing.

    • : to continue to live or exist after the death, cessation, or occurrence of: His wife survived him. He survived the operation.
    • : to endure or live through: She's survived two divorces.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Before this, Rocket Lab also successfully demonstrated a guided reentry of the Electron rocket during missions in December and January, proving that the first-stage booster could survive reentry through the atmosphere.

  • Most and possibly all local councils may well cease to survive in their current form.

  • They survive as loaders, hauling fruits and vegetables, or pull rickshaws.

  • I don’t think there’s a lot of good examples of consumer products that are free, that survive if people don’t like them, don’t like the companies or think they’re bad.

  • Those challenges make it harder or easier for some individuals in a group to survive.

  • The crew wear parachutes and surviving vehicle breakup would then be a matter of chance as to whether or not you get thrown free.

  • The gosling's best chance at surviving the jump is to bounce off the cliff on its soft belly.

  • Without such action, they fear, many of their surviving troops may be lured into the ranks of ISIS.

  • He spoke of surviving a stabbing in 1958 when a woman attacked him at a book-signing.

  • My father lost his last surviving sibling, my Aunt Sally, in 2007.

  • There was too much of the old law with its thunders, too much of fiery Elijah, surviving in John.

  • He was the last surviving officer of the Delaware regiment in the revolutionary army.

  • Succor could not arrive, he argued, and they were in duty bound to save the surviving civilians and the women and children.

  • The Americans demanded the surrender of the Arsenal, the Admiral, and the surviving crews of the destroyed fleet.

  • And on the death of a partner the surviving partner has the right to represent the partnership and vote on its stock.