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
- 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。 - 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。 - They said they live off of animal blood.
他们说他们以喝动物的血为生。 - I can live off the small land I have.
我能住在我的小房子里。 - Most residents live off corn farming, herding and selling supplies to hikers.
这里的大部分居民目前靠种玉米、放牧和向远足者出售物资为生。 - 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。 - Live off somebody's generosity.
靠别人的慷慨给予而生活。 - Don't live off your bonus.
不要太过于依赖你的奖金。 - It's about time she got a job, live off of her parents money.
她是该找份工作了,竟花父母的钱。 - 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。
