live in
collocation居住在；住在
She lives in a small apartment.
她住在一个小公寓里。
住；居住
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住；居住
to have your home in a particular place
She lives in a small apartment near the park.
她住在公园附近的一个小公寓里。
活着；有生命。
To be alive; to have life.
居住；定居。
To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
生存；坚持；继续。
To survive; to persevere; to continue.
留存于记忆；不被遗忘。
To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
live
Base
原形
lives
3rd person
第三人称单数
living
-ing
现在分词
lived
Past
过去式
lived
Past participle
过去分词
I live in Beijing.
我住在北京。
She is living in Shanghai now.
她现在住在上海。
He lived in London last year.
他去年住在伦敦。
My grandmother lived to be 95 years old.
我的祖母活到了95岁。
He works hard to live comfortably.
他努力工作以便舒适地生活。
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居住在；住在
She lives in a small apartment.
她住在一个小公寓里。
以…为生；靠…生活
They live on a small pension.
他们靠微薄的养老金生活。
与…一起生活；忍受
He has to live with his parents.
他不得不和父母住在一起。
为…而活
She lives for her children.
她为她的孩子们而活。
经历（艰难时期）而幸存
They lived through the war.
他们经历了战争而幸存下来。
遵循（原则）；靠…谋生
He lives by the rule of honesty.
他遵循诚实的原则生活。
享受生活；尽情欢乐
They decided to live it up during their vacation in Las Vegas.
他们决定在拉斯维加斯度假期间尽情享乐。
经历……而幸存；经受住
She lived through a terrible earthquake.
她经历了一场可怕的地震并幸存下来。
继续活着；以……为食；靠……生活
He lived on a small pension after retirement.
退休后他靠微薄的养老金生活。
自己活，也让别人活
A famous line from the James Bond film and song by Paul McCartney, often used to express tolerance or acceptance of others' choices, though in context it carries a more ominous tone.
出自詹姆斯·邦德电影及保罗·麦卡特尼演唱的歌曲，常用来表达宽容或接受他人的选择，但在原语境中带有更阴险的意味。
你只活一次
A popular phrase often abbreviated as YOLO, attributed to Mae West, encouraging people to take risks and enjoy life to the fullest.
常用语，常缩写为YOLO，据说出自梅·韦斯特，鼓励人们冒险并充分享受生活。
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live 与 '里屋' 音近，想象住在屋里生活
register: neutral; typical settings: everyday conversation, written descriptions, real estate contexts; note_zh: 该用法（表示“居住”）通常用于日常对话和书面描述，语域中性，适用于多种场合。
常与介词in连用表示居住地；可接同源宾语如live a happy life。
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