live off
英 [lɪv ɒf]
美 [lɪv ɔːf]
依赖(某人)生活; 靠(某一数目的钱)过活; 靠(某一收入来源)过活; (动物)靠吃(某种食物)维持生命,以…为食; (人)以…为主要食物
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 依赖(某人)生活
If youlive offanother person, you rely on them to provide you with money.- ...a man who all his life had lived off his father.
一辈子都依靠父亲生活的男人
- ...a man who all his life had lived off his father.
双语例句
- Instead of getting a job after college, I decided to hit the road and live off the land.
大学毕业后,我没有去找工作,决心去流浪,过悠闲的生活。 - You can't live off your parents your whole life.
你不能一辈子都靠父母。 - In the summer it is harder to catch seals, so before summer arrives, the bears eat as much as they can to fatten up, then live off the fat in their bodies.
在夏季,它是很难捕捉海豹,所以夏季到来之前,熊大量吃因为它们可以用来催肥了,然后吃了他们的身体脂肪。 - We probably can't even afford to live off post.
我们大概负担不起在基地外生活。 - I live off the money from my first book.
我靠我第一本书赚的钱生活。 - I live off of Roosevelt.
我住在罗斯福附近。 - Instead of living off parents, you can live off lovers.
如果不依赖父母,你可以依赖爱人。 - When I'm rich I'll retire and live off the fat of the land.
有钱的时候,我就退休,吃好的喝好的。 - He only agreed to marry her so he could live off her.
他同意娶她仅仅是为了能靠她的钱生活。 - Being a parent is a one way deal: you work for them, they live off you.
现在养育子女就是一味付出:你为他们尽力,他们依靠你生活。
