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Word family  noun liveliness living livelihood adjective live lively living liveable verb live outlive relive liven up adverb live

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++live1 /lɪv/ ●●● S1 W1 verb  1  in a place/home 在某处/某个居所 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]LIVE SOMEWHERE if you live in a place, you have your home there 住，居住live in/at/near etc They lived in Holland for ten years. 他们在荷兰住了10年。 He lives just across the street from me. 他就住在我街对面。 We live only a few miles from the coast. 我们住的地方离海边只有几英里远。 A rather odd family came to live next door to us. 有一户相当奇怪的人家搬到了我们隔壁。 As soon as I saw the place, I knew I didn’t want to live there. 我一看到那地方，就觉得不想住在那儿。 Does Paul still live here? 保罗还住在这儿吗？ We’re still looking for somewhere to live. 我们还在找住的地方。 They’ve finally found a place to live. 他们终于找到了住的地方。live with My grandmother came to live with us when I was ten. 我10岁的时候，祖母搬来和我们同住。 Most seventeen-year-olds still live at home (=live with their parents). 17 岁的孩子大都还住在家里。 I’m quite happy living alone. 我一个人住很开心。 The house has 3,600 square feet of living space (=the areas of a house you live in). 这房子有3,600平方英尺的居住空间。live rough British English (=live outside because of having no home) 〔因无家可归而〕露宿在外 I ran away from home and lived rough for nine months. 我离家出走，露宿了9个月。2  plant/animal 植物/动物 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]LIVE SOMEWHERE a plant or animal that lives in a particular place grows there or has its home there 生长；栖息live in/on etc These particular birds live on only one island in the Pacific. 这些独特的鸟只栖息在太平洋的一个岛上。3  at a particular time 在某时 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]LIVING/ALIVE if you live at a particular time, you are alive then 活在…，生活live before/in/at He lived in the eighteenth century. 他生活在18世纪。 She lived at a time when women were not expected to work. 她生活的时代妇女不用工作。 Gladstone lived during a period of great social change. 格拉德斯通生活在一个社会大变革时期。the best/greatest etc that/who ever lived (=the best, greatest etc who has been alive at any time) 有史以来最好的/最伟大的等 He’s probably the best journalist who ever lived. 他也许是有史以来最优秀的新闻记者。4  be/stay alive 活着/生存 [intransitive]SURVIVE to be alive or be able to stay alive 活着，存活 Without light, plants couldn’t live. 没有阳光，植物就无法生存。 He is extremely ill and not expected to live. 他病得很重，看来活不成了。 The baby only lived a few hours. 那个婴儿只活了几个小时。 People on average are living much longer than before. 人的平均寿命比以前长多了。 I’ll never forget this for as long as I live. 我一辈子也忘不了这件事。live to (be) 80/90 etc/live to the age of 80/90 etc My grandmother lived to 85. 我的祖母活到85岁。 She lived to the age of 79. 她活到79岁。have two weeks/six months etc to live He knows he’s only got a few months to live. 他知道自己只能再活几个月。 He did not live to see (=live long enough to see) the realization of his dream. 他没能活着看见自己的梦想实现。5  way of life 生活方式 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]LIFE to have a particular type of life, or live in a particular way 过…生活；以〔某种方式〕生活live in peace/poverty etc The people in this country just want to live in peace. 这个国家的人只想过和平的生活。 People should not live in fear of crime. 人们不应该生活在对犯罪的恐惧中。 We live in hope that a cure will be found. 我们一直抱着能够找到治疗方法的希望。live peacefully/quietly/happily etc The two communities live peacefully alongside each other. 这两个社区和平相处。 She thought that she would get married and live happily ever after (=like in a children’s story). 她想她会结婚，从此过上幸福的生活。 Some people like to live dangerously. 有些人喜欢过冒险的生活。 Most elderly people prefer to live independently if they can. 大多数老年人只要自己还行，都喜欢独立生活。 They earn enough money to live well (=have plenty of food, clothes etc). 他们赚的钱足够过上富足的生活。 I just want to live my life in my own way. 我只是想按自己的方式生活。 He’s not well enough to live a normal life. 他身体欠佳，还不能正常生活。live a quiet/active/healthy etc life She lives a very busy life. 她生活很忙碌。 He had chosen to live the life of a monk. 他选择了过僧侣的生活。 She’s now in Hollywood living a life of luxury. 她目前在好莱坞，过着奢侈的生活。live by I have always tried to live by my faith (=according to my religion). 我一直努力按照自己的信仰生活。 We struggle on, living from day to day (=trying to find enough money each day to buy food etc). 我们艰难度日，过一天算一天。 He was tired of living out of a suitcase (=spending a lot of time travelling). 他厌倦了拎着行李东奔西跑的生活。6  earn a living 谋生 [intransitive] the way that someone lives is the way that they earn money to buy food etc 靠…为生 Fishing is the way their families have lived for generations. 捕鱼是他们祖祖辈辈的谋生手段。live by doing something They live by hunting and killing deer. 他们以猎杀鹿为生。7  exciting life 令人兴奋的生活 [intransitive]EXCITED to have an exciting life 过精彩的生活，享受生活 She wanted to get out and live a little. 她想出去享受一下生活。 We’re beginning to live at last! 我们终于开始享受生活了！8  imagine STH 想象某事物 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]IMAGINE to imagine that things are happening to you 〔在想象的世界里〕生活live in He lives in a fantasy world. 他活在一个虚幻的世界里。live through She lived through her children’s lives. 她生活在儿女的世界里。 You must stop living in the past (=imagining that things from the past are still happening). 你不能总是生活在过去。9  be kept somewhere 被置于某处 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] British English informalKEEP/STORE the place where something lives is the place where it is kept 放置 Where do these cups live? 这些杯子放在哪里的？ Those big dishes live in the cupboard next to the fridge. 那些大碟子放在冰箱旁边的碗橱里。10  still exist/have influence 仍然存在/仍有影响 [intransitive]EFFECT/INFLUENCE if an idea lives, it continues to exist and influence people 〔观念〕继续影响，流传下去 Democracy still lives! 民主尚存！ His name will live forever. 他将名垂千古。 That day will always live in my memory. 那一天将永远留在我的记忆里。11  living quarters the part of a building where people live, especially a building that is used by many people or is used for several different purposes 〔建筑物中的〕生活区 the White House living quarters 白宫的生活区12  living expenses the money you need to spend in order to live, for example on food or a house 生活费用 His tuition is paid, but he’ll work to cover his living expenses. 他的学费已经付了，但是他还要打工赚取生活费。13  living arrangements the way someone organizes how and where they will live 生活安排 Her mother disapproved of the living arrangements, saying that two girls living with four boys was bound to cause problems. 她母亲不赞成她的生活安排，说两个女孩和四个男孩住在一起肯定会出麻烦。14  live it up informalENJOY/LIKE DOING something to do things that you enjoy and spend a lot of money 享乐，过花天酒地的生活 Sam was living it up in London. 萨姆在伦敦挥霍享乐。15. live by your wits DISHONESTto get money by being clever or dishonest, and not by doing an ordinary job 靠耍小聪明[骗术]赚钱16  live a lie PRETENDto pretend all the time that you feel or believe something when actually you do not feel that way 过虚伪的生活 I knew that I could not continue to live a lie. 我知道我不能继续过虚伪的生活了。17  be living on borrowed time SURVIVEto be still alive after the time that you were expected to die 捡了一条命〔比预期活得更久〕 She’s been living on borrowed time for the last year. 过去的一年，她的命是捡来的。18. live in sin old-fashionedLIVE WITH somebody if people live in sin, they live together and have a sexual relationship without being married （未婚）同居；姘居 → live together19  live and breathe something ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethingto enjoy doing something so much that you spend most of your time on it 热衷于某事 Politics is the stuff I live and breathe. 政治是我所热衷的事。20. you live and learn spokenSURPRISED used to say that you have just learned something that you did not know before 真是活到老学到老〔用于表示刚得知以前不知道的事〕21. live and let live STRICTused to say that you should accept other people’s behaviour, even if it seems strange 自己活也得让别人活〔用于表示要接受别人的行为，即使看上去奇怪〕22  you haven’t lived (if/until ...) BORING spoken used to say that someone’s life will be boring if they do not do a particular exciting thing （如果没有…）你就白活了 You haven’t lived until you’ve tasted champagne. 没有尝过香槟的话，你就算白活了。23  somebody will live to regret it REGRET/FEEL SORRYused to say that someone will wish that they had not done something 某人将后悔一辈子 If you marry him, you’ll live to regret it. 你要是嫁给他，会后悔一辈子的。24  live to see/fight another day SURVIVEto continue to live or work after a failure or after you have dealt with a difficult situation 〔经历失败或困难后〕继续奋斗下去 Hopefully, the company will live to fight another day. 希望公司能继续经营下去。25  live life to the full to enjoy doing a lot of different things 充分体验生活 She believes in living life to the full. 她相信生活就是要多姿多彩。26. live high on the hog used to say that someone has a nice life because they have a lot of money and buy expensive things – often used to show disapproval 生活阔绰〔常含贬义〕27  live from hand to mouth to have only just enough money to buy food 勉强糊口，生活拮据 We lived from hand to mouth, never knowing where the next meal was coming from. 我们日子过得紧巴巴的，从来是吃了上顿没下顿。n28  live the dream to have the kind of life that you always wanted to have, especially after becoming very successful or rich I always wanted to be a famous singer, and now I'm living the dream.29. long live the King/Queen! etc spokenSUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLAN used as an expression of loyal support for a person 国王/女王等万岁！30  long live democracy/freedom etc used to say that you hope something continues to exist for a long time 民主/自由等万岁 Long live free education! 免费教育万岁！ THESAURUSlive to have your home somewhere 居住He lives with his parents. 他和父母同住。nWhere do you live?Do you like living in Tokyo? 你喜欢住在东京吗？Jo lives next to a busy road. 乔住在一条繁华路段旁边。nJudy lives in that nice house on the corner.nHow do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it?nIn 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street.be from/come from use this when talking about the country, city, or area where you usually live 来自〔指通常居住的国家、城市或地区〕nMy name’s Sharon and I’m from Harlow.nThe man is believed to be from somewhere in the north of England.‘Where are you from?’ ‘I’m from Japan.’ “你是哪国人？” “我是日本人。”The winner came from Australia. 优胜者来自澳大利亚。inhabit if a group of people or animals inhabit an area, they live there – used especially in written descriptions 〔人或动物〕居住于〔某地，尤用于书面描述〕The island is mainly inhabited by sheep. 岛上主要栖居着绵羊。nSome tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country.reside formal to live in a particular country, city etc 居住She now resides in the US. 目前她居住在美国。nMiss Badu grew up in Dallas but now resides in Brooklyn.nAt that time there were many American writers residing in Paris.nMiss Tonelli, how exactly did you come to reside at your current address?nThe government bureau has prepared a booklet for US citizens residing abroad.grow up to live somewhere when you are a child or teenager 〔在某地〕长大nThis is the neighborhood where my father grew up.I grew up on a farm in South Africa. 我在南非的一个农场长大。 PHRASAL VERBS31 live something ↔ down phrasal verb if someone does not live something down, people never forget about it and never stop laughing at them for it 使别人忘记 She’ll never live that down! 她永远也无法使人忘记那件事！32 live for something phrasal verb if you live for something, it is the thing that you enjoy or hope for most in your life 为…而活 He lived for his art. 他是为自己的艺术而活着。 She had nothing left to live for. 她没有什么生活目标了。 She lives for the day when she can have a house of her own. 她生活的目标就是有一天能拥有自己的房子。33 live in phrasal verb British English LIVE SOMEWHEREif someone lives in, they live in the place where they work 住在工作场所 → live-in Sometimes it can be easier if you have a nanny who lives in. 有时候雇一个住家保姆生活会方便一些。34 live off somebody/something phrasal verb EARNto get your income or food from a supply of money or from another person 靠…生活 Mom used to live off the interest from her savings. 妈妈过去靠存款利息生活。 Dad lost his job and we had to live off welfare. 爸爸失业了，我们只能靠福利救济过日子。 Most people in the countryside live off the land (=live by growing or finding their own food). 乡村中大多数人都靠土地生活。35 live on phrasal verb a) SURVIVEif something lives on, it continues to exist 继续存在着 Alice’s memory will live on. 艾丽斯会一直留在大家的记忆里。b) live on something to have a particular amount of money to buy food and other necessary things 依靠某物生活 I don’t know how they manage to live on £55 a week. 我不知道他们一个星期55英镑是怎么过日子的。 the number of families who live on benefits 靠救济过日子的家庭数量c) live on something to eat a lot of a particular type of food 主要吃某种食物 They live on bread and potatoes. 他们以面包和马铃薯为主食。 He practically lives on fish and chips! 他几乎以吃炸鱼和薯条为生！36 live out phrasal verb a) LIVE SOMEWHERE British English if someone lives out, they do not live in the place where they work 不住在工作场所 Most home helps prefer to live out. 大多数家务用人不喜欢住在雇主家里。b) live out somethingEXPERIENCE to experience or do something that you have planned or hoped for 实现某事〔指已计划或想做的事〕 SYN fulfil, realize The money enabled them to live out their dreams. 这笔钱使他们实现了梦想。c) live out your lifeLIFE to continue to live in a particular way or place until you die 〔以某种方式或在某地方〕终老 He lived out his life in solitude. 他在孤独中度过余生。37 live through something phrasal verb EXPERIENCEto experience difficult or dangerous conditions 经历〔艰难或险境〕 SYN endure the generation that lived through the Second World War 经历过第二次世界大战的那一代人 It was hard to describe the nightmare she had lived through. 她梦魇般的遭遇很难描述。38 live together phrasal verb if people live together, they live in the same house and have a sexual relationship but are not married （未婚）同居 → live with They lived together for two years before they got married. 他们同居了两年才结婚。39 live up to something phrasal verb GOOD ENOUGHif something or someone lives up to a particular standard or promise, they do as well as they were expected to, do what they promised etc 符合〔标准〕；不负〔盛名〕；履行〔诺言〕 The bank is insolvent and will be unable to live up to its obligations. 银行已经破产，将无力履行其义务。 The film has certainly lived up to my expectations. 这部电影果然没有辜负我的期望。40 live with somebody/something phrasal verb a) DEAL WITHto accept a difficult situation that is likely to continue for a long time 忍受，容忍〔可能为时长久的困难局面〕 SYN put up with, tolerate You have to learn to live with stress. 你得学会承受压力。 He has lived with his illness for most of his life. 他大半辈子都在忍受病痛。b) to live in the same house as someone and have a sexual relationship with them without being married 和…（未婚）同居 → live together She’s living with her boyfriend now. 她现在和男朋友住在一起。c) if something lives with you, it stays in your mind 留在…的记忆里 That episode has lived with me all my life. 那段经历我毕生难忘。→ See Verb table

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live• At 40, you really start to live!• One of the victims has severe burns and is not expected to live.• The baby was born with a serious heart defect and not expected to live.• Also, it meant, because of the time it was given, having a bad headache if one wanted to live.• Elvis lives.• They lived abroad for several years but moved back when the children were school age.• In 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street.• Donald is 30 years old, but he still lives at home.• Kim lives because I wish him to live.• The will to live can be a vital factor in recovery.• My father only lived for a few years after his heart attack.• Cats normally live for about twelve years.• How could I have been living here all my life and never really known it before?• For poor blacks, without money to move, living in an inner-city ghetto can mean days without seeing a white face.• Many students prefer to live in during their first year of study.• Judy lives in that nice house on the corner.• St. Patrick probably lived in the 5th century.• How do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it?• I lived in the Village and worked as a bookkeeper.• Do you like living in Tokyo?• He defines locality as the space within which the larger part of most citizens' daily working and consuming lives is lived.• Those guys live like pigs.• Females live longer on average than males.• People living on the proposed site say their future is now more uncertain than ever.• Our baby was in the intensive care unit, and we didn't know whether she would live or die.• There were ten in the lifeboat, but only three lived to tell the tale.• Plants can't live without water.live in/at/near etc• He says they're substandard and unfit to be lived in.• Steve Morgan lives in a converted warehouse.• In the process, he alienated his wife and kids and began living in a motel room.• He and his family lived in a three-story house near the Old Market, and they sublet the top floor to Langford.• I was born in Oxford, even though my parents were living in London.• He lives in Stepney - the Stavangers have always lived in Stepney.• Discussion prevalence Of the many surveys of prevalence of urinary incontinence few report only on people living in their own homes.• All that five thousand kids lived in those five thousand houses, owned by those guys that got off the train.live in/on etc• Many say the spirit of the march lives on and continues to sustain activism at a local level.• The Independent Living Fund has proved a great success in giving severely disabled people an opportunity to live in the community.• The first house they lived in, in Des Moines turned out to be just the first of many.• The people who were evacuated live on islands in the Zambezi.• But to live in modernity is to experience it as home.• Once I was born we lived in New Zealand for about two years.• Witches always lived on the edges of things.• Many who live in the unincorporated metro-area come here to escape the hassles of urban life.live before/in/at• Crazy is living in a fog and pissing your pants.• His widow, Cheryl, lives in Houston.• They live in L A.. Their father is the editor of a motorcycle magazine.• The highest concentrations of divorced people living with parents are to be found among men whose parents live in local authority accommodation.• You couldn't live in peace, playing adventures all day long, undisturbed by the real world.• Dear Ursula: I've been sort of dating a guy who lives in Sacramento.• Put another way, it can not address problems of places and ignore the hardships of people who live in those places.living ... longer• People are living longer, and costing the state more in the final years of their lives.• Today, people are living longer and healthier lives.• The reason is that people are living longer and medical treatment is more complicated and therefore more costly.• What makes this alarming is that we are all living longer and retiring earlier.• One reason for this is that mentally handicapped people are living longer, and this is balancing out the reduction in admissions.• But apart from these, people are living longer than ever before.• And today's generation is living longer than previous generations.• Firstly people are living longer, there is low infant mortality, but the average age of the population is rising as well.live in peace/poverty etc• We remember the past as something bitter, but we are going to create conditions for two communities to live in peace.• Will these peoples continue to live in poverty and disease, or will they be brought up to modern standards of living?• Or, more to the point, how they could live in peace and make money.• Women are more likely than men to live in poverty and to face violence in our own homes.• Families living in poverty in Britain are suffering higher rates of serious health problems.• He has certain guarantees to live in peace in Cuernavaca.• With a third of the country living in poverty, most women have to work to support their families.• Literally millions of elderly people live in poverty or in near-poverty through no fault of their own.live by doing something• Walt lives by collecting and selling aluminum cans and other stuff he finds on the street.live through• His new book is a collection of essays and fiction by writers who lived through the Great Depression.live forever• All of a sudden you want to live for ever.• As long as he could avoid this seasonal parasite, he would live for ever.• I never intend to die but to carry on and live for ever!• If anyone eats of this bread, they will live for ever.• If so, you could say that a bacterium can live for ever by dividing itself into infinity.• In an arena where most bands are denied even their 15 minutes of fame, Whyte wants to live for ever.• Tom Glover suddenly felt like he was going to live for ever.• You feel you are going to live for ever until you fall in love.

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live2 /laɪv/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjective  1  living 活的 [only before noun]LIVING/ALIVE not dead or artificial 活的；有生命的 SYN living OPP dead experiments on live animals 动物活体实验 Protesters want to stop the export of live sheep and cattle. 抗议者希望阻止出口活羊活牛。 the number of live births per 1,000 population 每1,000人中的活产婴儿数目 We were so excited to see real live elephants. 看到活生生的大象我们非常兴奋。2  TCBtv/radio 电视/广播TIME/AT THE SAME TIME a live television or radio programme is seen or heard on television or radio at the same time as it is actually happening 现场直播的，实况转播的 OPP prerecorded a live radio phone-in show 一个现场直播的听众来电广播节目 There will be live TV coverage of tonight’s big match. 今晚的大赛电视将现场直播。3  APmusic/theatre 音乐/戏剧TIME/AT THE SAME TIME a live performance is one in which the entertainer performs for people who are watching, rather than for a film, record etc 〔为观众〕现场表演的 A lot of the bars have live music. 许多酒吧都有现场音乐演奏。 The band will be giving a live concert performance next week. 下星期该乐队将举办一场现场音乐会。 We’ll be playing you a track from his new live album (=album that was recorded from a live performance). 我们将为你播放他的现场版新专辑中的一首歌曲。 It’s always different when you perform in front of a live audience (=an audience watching a live performance). 在现场观众面前表演总是不一样的。4  electricity 电TEE a wire or piece of equipment that is live has electricity flowing through it 〔电线或设备〕通电的，带电的 Be careful – those wires are live. 当心——那些电线带电。5  bombs 炸弹PMW a live bomb still has the power to explode because it has not been used 会爆炸的 They came across a field of live, unexploded mines. 他们走过一片尚未引爆的雷区。6  bullets 子弹 live bullets are real ones that are made of metal and can kill people 真的，有杀伤力的 OPP blank Troops fired live ammunition to disperse the crowd. 军队发射实弹驱散人群。7  STILLissue 问题 a live subject or problem is one that still interests or worries people 当前所关心的，时下仍受人关注的 Drink-driving is still very much a live issue. 酒后驾车仍然是个时下非常受人关注的话题。8  live coals BURNpieces of coal that are burning 正在燃烧的煤 She threw the paper onto the live coals. 她把纸扔到燃烧的煤块上。9. DFyoghurt 酸奶 live yoghurt contains bacteria that are still alive 含活菌的

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live• live ammunition• They are campaigning against experiments on live animals.• It features carnival rides, live bands and a dance pavilion along with booths for food, arts and crafts.• Moreover, the live food that all fish are particularly fond of is worms.• Styx A fun pub with entertainment ranging from disco and live music, to pianist and cabaret.• Experts figure it is more than 1,000 years old and one of the largest live oaks in the United States.• The live performance for me right now is about being present.• From this unique contraption, Hart will oversee the live performances.real live• Seeing real live animals in a zoo is much more exciting that just watching them on television.• But hate crimes take place in a real live community, and people need to be aware of that.• To actually see crabs scuttling across the floor and live sponges and even real live fish was astonishing.• Later rather than sooner a real live girl deals with your call in person.• I've never met a real live movie star before!• In the Hollywood Canteen, where GIs and gobs were served by real live movie stars, he was in uniform.• Gordon Beamish was a real live optician.• Her relations with the real live Patrick were exactly as before.• She's a real live wire. 2.live music• Not that I have had much opportunity to appreciate live music.• We are also very sorry to all clubs and venues omitted from our mammoth listing of live music.• With that gesture began a long day of live music by every Stax artist to raise money for the Watts Summer Festival.• There is often live music in the bars and the discos are quite lively.• Think live music is something only the wealthy can enjoy?• Adding to the overall charm, there is often live music played on the promenade.• Styx A fun pub with entertainment ranging from disco and live music, to pianist and cabaret.live ammunition• Actual conditions of warfare were simulated in training, with plenty of exposure to live ammunition.• He'd have been kicked out of here if it wasn't obvious that he'd actually used live ammunition.• When arrested, he was found to be in possession of a small-calibre handgun and several rounds of live ammunition.• One of the machine guns had live ammunition attached to it.• Leipzigers feared live ammunition could be used.• As the situation worsened more border police entered the area and began firing live ammunition into the crowd.• The live ammunition that I experienced was not officially sanctioned as being hazardous enough to be included.• Policemen who were stoned by the crowd used live ammunition to disperse it, killing at least one person.live issue• That question can be left for a future occasion when it gives rise to a live issue.• The relationship between the two ways of being was, however, always a live issue.• It is very much a live issue and is progressing well.• And she is honorary secretary of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors, which also tackles live issues in the area.• In considering the right to live issue, there is a tendency to fight shy of the emotive word of murder.live3 /laɪv/ ●●○ adverb  1  TIME/AT THE SAME TIMEif something is broadcast live, it is broadcast on television or radio as it is actually happening 在现场直播 → prerecorded The ceremony will be broadcast live on television. 这场典礼将在电视上现场直播。 The match will be shown live by the BBC. 这场比赛将由英国广播公司现场直播。2  TIME/AT THE SAME TIMEif people perform live, they perform in front of people who have come to watch, rather than for a film, record etc 〔在观众面前〕现场演出[表演] I love their music, but I’ve never seen them perform live. 我喜欢听他们的音乐，但我从来没有看过他们的现场表演。 The band is playing live in Birmingham tonight. 今晚该乐队将在伯明翰现场演出。 Their latest CD was recorded live (=recorded at a live performance) in New York. 他们的这张最新唱片是在纽约现场演出时录制的。3  go live when a system or project goes live, people start to use it after it has been planned and discussed for a long time 〔系统或项目经长时间计划和讨论后〕开始使用 Their new information retrieval system went live last month. 他们新的信息检索系统上个月开始使用。 a new security project which will go live in October 将于10月份启动的一个新的安全项目

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live• All Saints topped the chart with Pure Shores, closely followed by two artists who played live in Ireland last year.broadcast live• More television work came with an episode of Emergency Ward 10, then broadcast live.• When these pictures were broadcast live across international television screens, it was obvious that the issue was misogyny, not theology.• A commentary of the day's activities will be broadcast live across North Staffordshire by Hospital Radio.• The programme will be broadcast live from Banbury School in Oxfordshire.• Capital Radio's Kid Jensen will broadcast live from the ship while it is in London.• The session started early and finished late, and was broadcast live on all cable news channels.• Sky will broadcast live Premier League matches on Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings.• At the same time a reforestation telethon will be broadcast live via satellite and by radio around the world.perform live• I would never take on an act who couldn't perform live.• As well as her own projects, she has in recent years performed live and on record with her husband Wallace Roney.• I saw Sade perform live for charity at the weekend.• So performing live in the Land of Song for the first time was an emotional experience for Kylie and her relatives.Origin live1 Old English libban live2 (1500-1600) alive

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live¹ S1 W1 /lɪv/ verb1.  IN A PLACE/HOME  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if you live in a place, you have your home there
    live in/at/near etc
    They lived in Holland for ten years.
    He lives just across the street from me.
    We live only a few miles from the coast.
    A rather odd family came to live next door to us.
    As soon as I saw the place, I knew I didn’t want to live there.
    Does Paul still live here?
    We’re still looking for somewhere to live.
    They’ve finally found a place to live.
    live with
    My grandmother came to live with us when I was ten.
    Most seventeen-year-olds still live at home (=live with their parents).
    I’m quite happy living alone.
    The house has 3,600 square feet of living space (=the areas of a house you live in).
    live rough British English (=live outside because of having no home)
    I ran away from home and lived rough for nine months.
2.  PLANT/ANIMAL  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] a plant or animal that lives in a particular place grows there or has its home there
    live in/on etc
    These particular birds live on only one island in the Pacific.
3.  AT A PARTICULAR TIME  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if you live at a particular time, you are alive then
    live before/in/at
    He lived in the eighteenth century.
    She lived at a time when women were not expected to work.
    Gladstone lived during a period of great social change.
    the best/greatest etc that/who ever lived (=the best, greatest etc who has been alive at any time)
    He’s probably the best journalist who ever lived.
4.  BE/STAY ALIVE  [intransitive] to be alive or be able to stay alive:
    Without light, plants couldn’t live.
    He is extremely ill and not expected to live.
    The baby only lived a few hours.
    People on average are living much longer than before.
    I’ll never forget this for as long as I live.
    live to (be) 80/90 etc/live to the age of 80/90 etc
    My grandmother lived to 85.
    She lived to the age of 79.
    have two weeks/six months etc to live
    He knows he’s only got a few months to live.
    He did not live to see (=live long enough to see) the realization of his dream.
5.  WAY OF LIFE  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to have a particular type of life, or live in a particular way
    live in peace/poverty etc
    The people in this country just want to live in peace.
    People should not live in fear of crime.
    We live in hope that a cure will be found.
    live peacefully/quietly/happily etc
    The two communities live peacefully alongside each other.
    She thought that she would get married and live happily ever after (=like in a children’s story).
    Some people like to live dangerously.
    Most elderly people prefer to live independently if they can.
    They earn enough money to live well (=have plenty of food, clothes etc).
    I just want to live my life in my own way.
    He’s not well enough to live a normal life.
    live a quiet/active/healthy etc life
    She lives a very busy life.
    He had chosen to live the life of a monk.
    She’s now in Hollywood living a life of luxury.
    live by
    I have always tried to live by my faith (=according to my religion).
    We struggle on, living from day to day (=trying to find enough money each day to buy food etc).
    He was tired of living out of a suitcase (=spending a lot of time travelling).
6.  EARN A LIVING  [intransitive] the way that someone lives is the way that they earn money to buy food etc:
    Fishing is the way their families have lived for generations.
    live by doing something
    They live by hunting and killing deer.
7.  EXCITING LIFE  [intransitive] to have an exciting life:
    She wanted to get out and live a little.
    We’re beginning to live at last__
8.  IMAGINE SOMETHING  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to imagine that things are happening to you
    live in
    He lives in a fantasy world.
    live through
    She lived through her children’s lives.
    You must stop living in the past (=imagining that things from the past are still happening).
9.  BE KEPT SOMEWHERE  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] British English informal the place where something lives is the place where it is kept:
    Where do these cups live?
    Those big dishes live in the cupboard next to the fridge.
10.  STILL EXIST/HAVE INFLUENCE  [intransitive] if an idea lives, it continues to exist and influence people:
    Democracy still lives__
    His name will live forever.
    That day will always live in my memory.
11. living quarters the part of a building where people live, especially a building that is used by many people or is used for several different purposes:
    the White House living quarters
12. living expenses the money you need to spend in order to live, for example on food or a house:
    His tuition is paid, but he’ll work to cover his living expenses.
13. living arrangements the way someone organizes how and where they will live:
    Her mother disapproved of the living arrangements, saying that two girls living with four boys was bound to cause problems.
14. live it up informal to do things that you enjoy and spend a lot of money:
    Sam was living it up in London.
15. live by your wits to get money by being clever or dishonest, and not by doing an ordinary job
16. live a lie to pretend all the time that you feel or believe something when actually you do not feel that way:
    I knew that I could not continue to live a lie.
17. be living on borrowed time to be still alive after the time that you were expected to die:
    She’s been living on borrowed time for the last year.
18. live in sin old-fashioned if people live in sin, they live together and have a sexual relationship without being married ⇨ live together
19. live and breathe something to enjoy doing something so much that you spend most of your time on it:
    Politics is the stuff I live and breathe.
20. you live and learn spoken used to say that you have just learned something that you did not know before
21. live and let live used to say that you should accept other people’s behaviour, even if it seems strange
22. you haven’t lived (if/until ...) spoken used to say that someone’s life will be boring if they do not do a particular exciting thing:
    You haven’t lived until you’ve tasted champagne.
23. somebody will live to regret it used to say that someone will wish that they had not done something:
    If you marry him, you’ll live to regret it.
24. live to see/fight another day to continue to live or work after a failure or after you have dealt with a difficult situation:
    Hopefully, the company will live to fight another day.
25. live life to the full to enjoy doing a lot of different things:
    She believes in living life to the full.
26. live high on the hog used to say that someone has a nice life because they have a lot of money and buy expensive things – often used to show disapproval
27. live from hand to mouth to have only just enough money to buy food:
    We lived from hand to mouth, never knowing where the next meal was coming from.
28. long live the King/Queen__ etc spoken used as an expression of loyal support for a person
29. long live democracy/freedom etc used to say that you hope something continues to exist for a long time:
    Long live free education__
     

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   ▪ live to have your home somewhere: He lives with his parents. | Where do you live? | Do you like living in Tokyo? | Jo lives next to a busy road. | Judy lives in that nice house on the corner. | How do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it? | In 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street.
   ▪ be from/come from use this when talking about the country, city, or area where you usually live: My name’s Sharon and I’m from Harlow. | The man is believed to be from somewhere in the north of England. | ‘Where are you from?’ ‘I’m from Japan.’ | The winner came from Australia.
   ▪ inhabit if a group of people or animals inhabit an area, they live there. Used especially in written descriptions: The island is mainly inhabited by sheep. | Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country.
   ▪ reside formal to live in a particular country, city etc: She now resides in the US. | Miss Badu grew up in Dallas but now resides in Brooklyn. | At that time there were many American writers residing in Paris. | Miss Tonelli, how exactly did you come to reside at your current address? | The government bureau has prepared a booklet for US citizens residing abroad.
   ▪ grow up to live somewhere when you are a child or teenager: This is the neighborhood where my father grew up. | I grew up on a farm in South Africa.
     
live something ↔ down phrasal verb
  if someone does not live something down, people never forget about it and never stop laughing at them for it:
    She’ll never live that down__
live for something phrasal verb
  if you live for something, it is the thing that you enjoy or hope for most in your life:
    He lived for his art.
    She had nothing left to live for.
    She lives for the day when she can have a house of her own.
live in phrasal verb British English
  if someone lives in, they live in the place where they work ⇨ live-in:
    Sometimes it can be easier if you have a nanny who lives in.
live off somebody/something phrasal verb
  to get your income or food from a supply of money or from another person:
    Mom used to live off the interest from her savings.
    Dad lost his job and we had to live off welfare.
    Most people in the countryside live off the land (=live by growing or finding their own food).
live on phrasal verb
  1. if something lives on, it continues to exist:
    Alice’s memory will live on.
  2. live on something to have a particular amount of money to buy food and other necessary things:
    I don’t know how they manage to live on £55 a week.
    the number of families who live on benefits
  3. live on something to eat a lot of a particular type of food:
    They live on bread and potatoes.
    He practically lives on fish and chips__
live out phrasal verb
  1. British English if someone lives out, they do not live in the place where they work:
    Most home helps prefer to live out.
  2. live out something to experience or do something that you have planned or hoped for
   SYN  fulfil, realize:
    The money enabled them to live out their dreams.
  3. live out your life to continue to live in a particular way or place until you die:
    He lived out his life in solitude.
live through something phrasal verb
  to experience difficult or dangerous conditions
   SYN  endure:
    the generation that lived through the Second World War
    It was hard to describe the nightmare she had lived through.
live together phrasal verb
  if people live together, they live in the same house and have a sexual relationship but are not married ⇨ live with:
    They lived together for two years before they got married.
live up to something phrasal verb
  if something or someone lives up to a particular standard or promise, they do as well as they were expected to, do what they promised etc:
    The bank is insolvent and will be unable to live up to its obligations.
    The film has certainly lived up to my expectations.
live with somebody/something phrasal verb
  1. to accept a difficult situation that is likely to continue for a long time
   SYN  put up with, tolerate:
    You have to learn to live with stress.
    He has lived with his illness for most of his life.
  2. to live in the same house as someone and have a sexual relationship with them without being married ⇨ live together:
    She’s living with her boyfriend now.
  3. if something lives with you, it stays in your mind:
    That episode has lived with me all my life.

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live² S3 W3 /laɪv/ adjective1.  LIVING  [only before noun] not dead or artificial
   SYN  living
   OPP  dead:
    experiments on live animals
    Protesters want to stop the export of live sheep and cattle.
    the number of live births per 1,000 population
    We were so excited to see real live elephants.
2.  TV/RADIO a live television or radio programme is seen or heard on television or radio at the same time as it is actually happening
   OPP  prerecorded:
    a live radio phone-in show
    There will be live TV coverage of tonight’s big match.
3.  MUSIC/THEATRE a live performance is one in which the entertainer performs for people who are watching, rather than a film, record etc:
    A lot of the bars have live music.
    The band will be giving a live concert performance next week.
    We’ll be playing you a track from his new live album (=album that was recorded from a live performance).
    It’s always different when you perform in front of a live audience (=an audience watching a live performance).
4.  ELECTRICITY a wire or piece of equipment that is live has electricity flowing through it:
    Be careful – those wires are live.
5.  BOMBS a live bomb still has the power to explode because it has not been used:
    They came across a field of live, unexploded mines.
6.  BULLETS live bullets are real ones that are made of metal and can kill people
   OPP  blank:
    Troops fired live ammunition to disperse the crowd.
7.  ISSUE a live subject or problem is one that still interests or worries people:
    Drink-driving is still very much a live issue.
8. live coals pieces of coal that are burning:
    She threw the paper onto the live coals.
9.  YOGHURT live yoghurt contains bacteria that are still alive

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live³ /laɪv/ adverb1. if something is broadcast live, it is broadcast on television or radio as it is actually happening ⇨ prerecorded:
    The ceremony will be broadcast live on television.
    The match will be shown live by the BBC.
2. if people perform live, they perform in front of people who have come to watch, rather than for a film, record etc:
    I love their music, but I’ve never seen them perform live.
    The band is playing live in Birmingham tonight.
    Their latest CD was recorded live (=recorded at a live performance) in New York.
3. go live when a system or project goes live, people start to use it after it has been planned and discussed for a long time:
    Their new information retrieval system went live last month.
    a new security project which will go live in October