Word · Frequency #1325
Fully loadedsurvives
幸存，活下来
survives is the third person singular of survive.
to continue to live or exist, especially after a difficult or dangerous situation
尤指在困难或危险后继续存活
- 1.
Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
(人)继续活着；存活。
- 2.
Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
(物体或概念)继续存在。
- 3.
To live past (a life-threatening event)
经历(危及生命的事件)后幸存下来。
- 4.
To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).
比(某人或某物)活得长；比(某物)更持久。
- 5.
To be a victim of nonfatal but substantial harm and nonetheless to display the strength to heal; especially, after a crime or an illness, especially sexual or physical abuse or assault, cancer, or a natural disaster.
遭受非致命但严重的伤害后仍展现恢复力；尤指经历犯罪、疾病(特别是性侵、身体虐待、癌症)或自然灾害后康复。
- 6.
Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.
(球队)成功保级,避免降级。
比…活得长；从…中挺过来；(人)继续活着；存活。；(物体或概念)继续存在。；经历(危及生命的事件)后幸存下来。
In use
Despite the harsh winter, the small village survived.
He survived a serious car accident last year.
Plants need water to survive.
survive + noun
及物用法，后面直接跟灾难、疾病等名词。
She survived the accident.
她在那场事故中幸存了下来。
survive on + noun
不及物用法，后接on表示赖以生存的事物。
They survived on canned food for weeks.
他们靠罐头食品活了几周。
survive + to do sth
表示幸存后做了某事。
He survived to see his grandchildren.
他活了下来，看到了自己的孙辈。
Connections
Collocations
- survive an attack
- 倖免於攻擊
- The building survived the attack with minimal damage.這座建築在攻擊中倖存下來，損壞很小。
- survive a disaster
- 從災難中倖存
- Many people did not survive the disaster.許多人沒能從這場災難中倖存。
- survive on
- 靠…生存
- They survived on canned food for weeks.他們靠罐頭食品生存了數週。
- survive into
- 存活到
- Only a few species survive into the modern era.只有少數物種存活到了現代。
- survive the winter
- 熬過冬天
- The plants managed to survive the harsh winter.這些植物設法熬過了嚴酷的冬天。
- survive the recession
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住“survive”中的“vive”像“live”（活），意为在困境中仍然活着。
Context & Register
动词 survive 多用于中性语境，常见于描述经历灾难、困难后继续存在，或表示比某人活得长久。根据不同搭配，语体可偏正式或非正式，通常无明显风格限制。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with 'survive' (stressed /aɪv/). Beware of words like 'conceive', 'believe', 'relieve' ending in -ive but pronounced with /iːv/.
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 4，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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.