Word · Frequency #267
lives
住；居住
lives is the third person singular of live.
to have your home in a particular place
- 1.
To be alive; to have life.
活着；有生命。
- 2.
To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
居住；定居。
- 3.
To survive; to persevere; to continue.
生存；坚持；继续。
- 4.
To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
留存于记忆；不被遗忘。
- 5.
To pass life in a specified manner.
以某种方式生活。
- 6.
To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
度过(一生)；习惯于。
- 7.
To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
遵循；实践；以身作则。
- 8.
To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.
度过危险；(船)浮着。
- 9.
To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
维持生计；自谋生计；生存。
- 10.
To spend a great deal of time in a particular place.
长期待在(某地)。
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
In use
She lives in a small apartment near the park.
My grandmother lived to be 95 years old.
He works hard to live comfortably.
Verb forms
base live · third person lives · -ing living · past lived · past participle lived
Connections
Collocations
- live in
- 居住在；住在
- She lives in a small apartment.她住在一个小公寓里。
- live on
- 以…为生；靠…生活
- They live on a small pension.他们靠微薄的养老金生活。
- live with
- 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。
- live for
- 为…而活
- She lives for her children.她为她的孩子们而活。
- live through
- 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。
- live by
- 遵循（原则）；靠…谋生
Learner notes
Memory Tip
live 与 '里屋' 音近，想象住在屋里生活
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
常与介词in连用表示居住地；可接同源宾语如live a happy life。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes with 'give'. Be careful: 'dive', 'alive', 'lively', 'liver', 'love' are lookalikes with different vowels or stress.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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