Live animals or plants are alive, rather than being dead or artificial.
a protest against the company's tests on live animals.
反对该公司用活体动物做实验的抗议。
A live television or radio programme is one in which an event or performance is broadcast at exactly the same time as it happens, rather than being recorded first.
Murray was a guest on a live radio show.
默里曾当过一个电台直播节目的嘉宾。
They watch all the live matches.
他们观看所有现场直播的比赛。
A live performance is given in front of an audience, rather than being recorded and then broadcast or shown in a film.
The Rainbow has not hosted live music since the end of 1981.
彩虹乐队自1981年底以来一直没有举办过现场音乐会。
A live audience will pose the questions.
一位现场观众会提出这些问题。
A live wire or piece of electrical equipment is directly connected to a source of electricity.
The plug broke, exposing live wires.
插头坏了,露出带电的电线。
Live bullets are made of metal, rather than rubber or plastic, and are intended to kill people rather than injure them.
They trained in the jungle using live ammunition.
他们在丛林里使用真枪实弹进行训练。
If a television or radio programme is broadcast live, it is broadcast at exactly the same time as the event happens, rather than being recorded first.
It was broadcast live in 50 countries.
它在50个国家进行了现场直播。
If a play or a piece of music is performed live, it is performed in front of an audience, rather than being recorded and then broadcast or shown in a film.
Kat Bjelland has been playing live with her new band.
凯特·本杰拉德与她的新乐团一直在进行现场表演。
live down
If you are unable to live down a mistake, failure, or bad reputation, you are unable to make people forget about it.
It was unable to live down its reputation as the party of high taxes.
该党无法让人忘掉其高赋税政党的恶名。
live off
If you live off another person, you rely on them to provide you with money.
a man who all his life had lived off his father.
一个一辈子依赖他父亲生活的男人。
live on , live off
If you live on or live off a particular amount of money, you have that amount of money to buy things.
people trying to live on $100 a week.
设法靠每周100美元过日子的人们。
If you live on or live off a particular source of income, that is where you get the money that you need.
The proportion of people living on state benefits rose.
靠国家福利过活的人口比例上升了。
If an animal lives on or lives off a particular food, this is the kind of food that it eats.
The fish live on the plankton.
这种鱼以浮游生物为主食。
live on
If someone lives on, they continue to be alive for a long time after a particular point in time or after a particular event.
I know my life has been cut short by this terrible virus but Daniel will live on after me.
我知道我的寿命已被这种可怕的病毒缩短了,但是丹尼尔会在我死后继续活下去。
live up to
If someone or something lives up to what they were expected to be, they are as good as they were expected to be.
Sales have not lived up to expectations this year.
销售额今年还没有达到预期目标。
live it up
If you live it up, you have a very enjoyable and exciting time, for example by going to lots of parties or going out drinking with friends.
There is no reason why you couldn't live it up once in a while.
偶尔放纵一下也无妨。
lives , living , lived
If someone lives in a particular place or with a particular person, their home is in that place or with that person.
She has lived here for 10 years.
她在这里住了10年了。
Where do you live?
你住在哪里?
If you say that someone lives in particular circumstances or that they live a particular kind of life, you mean that they are in those circumstances or that they have that kind of life.
We lived quite grandly.
我们生活得相当快乐。
Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time.
与前几代人相比,我们有多的机会享受生活。
If you say that someone lives for a particular thing, you mean that it is the most important thing in their life.
He lived for his work.
他为了工作而活。
To live means to be alive. If someone lives to a particular age, they stay alive until they are that age.
He's got a terrible disease and will not live long.
他得了一种重病,活不长了。
He lived to be 103.
他活到了103岁。
If people live by doing a particular activity, they get the money, food, or clothing they need by doing that activity.
the last indigenous people to live by hunting.
最后一个以打猎为生的土著民族。