mid-15c. (implied in surviving), "to outlive, continue in existence after the death of another," originally in the legal (inheritance) sense, from Anglo-French survivre, Old French souvivre (12c., Modern French survivre), from Latin supervivere "live beyond, live longer than," from super "over, beyond" (see super-) + vivere "to live" (see vivid). Intransitive sense "to live on" is from late 15c. Related: Survived; surviving.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Curiously, the struggle to survive has greatly improved her health.
奇怪的是，她拼命求生的抗?fàn)幨沟盟慕】禒顩r大有好轉(zhuǎn)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Outside the protected environment of institutional care he could not survive.