n (1)生存(state of being alive)[U]：The sick man is tired of～.这个病人不想活下去了。

(2)生活(方式)(manner of existence)[U]：frugal/civilized/comfortable/decent/daily/high/lavish/plain/strenuous/suburban/urban～节俭/文明/舒适/体面/日常/奢侈阔绰/挥霍/朴素/紧张/市郊/城市的生活;the style/way of～生活方式;the art of～生活的艺术;the cost/standard of～生活费用/标准;～conditions/expenses/standards生活条件/费用/标准;

(3)生计(means of keeping alive)[C，通常sing]：earn/make/get one's～as a car salesman (by the sweat of one's brow/by growing rice/out of the sale of fruit) 靠推销汽车(自己的辛勤劳动/种植水稻/卖水果)谋生;earn/make one's own～独立谋生，自食其力;make an adequate～过小康生活;make a meagre～ 过贫困生活; eke out/scrape a～勉强糊口;earn a good/comfortable～for one's family 供家人过上舒适的日子;earn an honest～正当地挣钱过日子;What do you do for a～?你是靠什么生活的?A shoemaker makes shoes for his～. 鞋匠以制鞋为生。my only means of～我唯一的谋生手段;

→′living-room 起居室;

adj (1)活(着)的(having life;now alive)：all～things/creatures所有的生物;Is there anything～on Mars?火星上有生物吗?one of the greatest/best～composers/writers in the world 当今最伟大/杰出的作曲家/作家之一;The inheritance fell to the only～relative. 遗产归唯一一位尚在世的亲属所有。No～man all things can.(prov)世界上没有万能的人。a～legend 在世的传奇人物;be～proof of sth 是……的活人证;the worst typhoon in～memory 在人们记忆中最厉害的台风;a～death 活受罪;the～活着的人们;〖反〗dead;

(2)仍在使用中的，起作用的(still in use; active)：a～hope/reality 现存的希望//活生生的现实;English and French are～languages. 英语和法语是活的语言。〖反〗dead;

(3)逼真的(true to life，life-like)：She is the～image of her mother. 她长得极像她的母亲。

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