live in/at + place
表示长期居住在某地;live in 后多接城市、国家等较大地点,live at 后接具体地址。
My grandparents have lived in the countryside for forty years.
我的祖父母在乡下住了四十年。
住;居住
lived — past of live
活;活着;过(…的)生活;生活;维持生活;谋生;幸存;活下去;继续存在;被记住;留在记忆中;流传
to have your home in a particular place
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.
以某种方式生活。
To pass life in a specified manner.
度过(一生);习惯于。
To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
遵循;实践;以身作则。
To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
度过危险;(船)浮着。
To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.
维持生计;自谋生计;生存。
To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
长期待在(某地)。
To spend a great deal of time in a particular place.
一般现在时
I live in Beijing.
我住在北京。
现在进行时
She is living in Shanghai now.
她现在住在上海。
一般过去时
He lived in London last year.
他去年住在伦敦。
She lives in a small apartment near the park.
她住在公园附近的一个小公寓里。
用法提示:这里的“lives”是动词,表示“居住”,指某人住在某地。
My grandmother lived to be 95 years old.
我的祖母活到了95岁。
用法提示:这里的“lived”是动词,表示“活着”,指生物保持生命状态。
He works hard to live comfortably.
他努力工作以便舒适地生活。
用法提示:这里的“live”是动词,表示“谋生”或“维持生活”,指通过努力获得生活所需。
表示长期居住在某地;live in 后多接城市、国家等较大地点,live at 后接具体地址。
My grandparents have lived in the countryside for forty years.
我的祖父母在乡下住了四十年。
表示与某人同住;也可引申为接受或忍受某种局面。
After college, he lived with two friends in a small flat.
大学毕业后,他和两个朋友合住在一间小公寓里。
表示以某物为食,或靠某物维持生活。
Many families there live on less than two dollars a day.
那里许多家庭每天靠不到两美元生活。
表示以某种方式度过一生,life 前常带形容词。
She lived a quiet life in the mountains.
她在山里过着平静的生活。
比‘live’更抽象,强调存在而非生命过程
强调在困难或危险中存活,比‘live’更具体
最直接的等同,但‘live’更常用于日常表达
比喻用法,强调生命的迹象,非正式场合使用
侧重勉强维持生存,常用于贫困语境
grammar · medium
易错句子I live Beijing with my parents.
正确表达I live in Beijing with my parents.
live 表示“居住”时是不及物动词,后面必须先接介词 in,再加城市、国家等地点(live in + 地点)。汉语“我住北京”里“住”可以直接带宾语,受此影响学习者常漏掉介词 in。
grammar · medium
易错句子I live in this city since 2015.
正确表达I have lived in this city since 2015.
since + 时间点表示从过去一直持续到现在,必须用现在完成时 have lived,不能用一般现在时 live。汉语“我从2015年起就住在这个城市”用现在时表达,容易迁移成英语的一般现在时。
grammar · medium
易错句子Where do you live in?
正确表达Where do you live?
where 本身是疑问副词,已含有“在哪儿”的意思,live 之后不能再加介词 in。汉语“你住在哪里”中的“在”容易让学习者多补一个 in。
用于“活着;生存”义的反义词
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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