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live on + n (主食)
表示以某物为主要食物来源。
In some regions, people live on rice and beans.
在一些地区，人们以米饭和豆类为主食。
持续存在
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持续存在；仅靠某物生存；依赖经济支持；被定义为；继续生活
To endure.
In some regions, people live on rice and beans.
在一些地区，人们以米饭和豆类为主食。
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持续存在
To endure.
仅靠某物生存
To survive solely by consuming a certain thing.
依赖经济支持
To rely on financially.
被定义为
To be defined on.
live on
Base
原形
lives on
3rd person
第三人称单数
living on
-ing
现在分词
lived on
Past
过去式
lived on
Past participle
过去分词
She lives on a small pension.
她靠一小笔养老金生活。
They are living on rice and beans.
他们以米饭和豆子为主食。
He lived on the streets for two years.
他在街头露宿了两年。
动词短语，表示继续生存、以…为主食或依靠…生活。
After the earthquake, the survivors managed to live on with little food and water.
地震后，幸存者依靠少量的食物和水继续生活。
Many people in that region live on rice and beans as their main diet.
那个地区的许多人以米饭和豆类为主食。
He had to live on a small pension after retirement.
退休后他不得不靠微薄的养老金生活。
表示以某物为主要食物来源。
In some regions, people live on rice and beans.
在一些地区，人们以米饭和豆类为主食。
表示依靠有限的经济来源维持生活。
She manages to live on a small pension.
她靠微薄的养老金生活。
表示继续存在或持续下去，主语常为抽象概念。
The memory of her bravery lives on.
她的勇敢精神继续存在。
Not this
He lives by bread.
Use this
He lives on bread.
表示'靠...为生'时，应用live on，而live by后接准则或方式，如'live by the rules'。
Not this
She lives bread.
Use this
She lives on bread.
live on是固定短语，介词on不能省略。中文'靠...生活'无需介词，容易遗漏。
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Common preposition: on (part of phrasal verb)
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