live的读音是：英[l?v]。live的意思是v.活着；居住；过着；adj.活的；直播的；现场的；带电的；燃烧着的；当前的；adv.现场。live名词:liveness；过去式:lived；过去分词:lived；现在分词:living；第三人称单数:lives。
一、详尽释义点此查看live的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
动词用法（VERB USE）
1.居住
If someonelives in a particular place or with a particular person, their home is in that place or with that person.
e.g. She has lived here for 10 years...
她在这里住了10年了。
e.g. She always said I ought tolive alone...
她总说我应该一个人住。
2.生活；过活
If you say that someonelives in particular circumstances or that theylive a particular kind of life, you mean that they are in those circumstances or that they have that kind of life.
e.g. We lived quite grandly...
我们生活得非常快乐。
e.g. Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time...
比起上几辈人，我们有更多机会享受生活。
3.为…而生活
If you say that someonelives for a particular thing, you mean that it is the most important thing in their life.
e.g. He lived for his work.
他为工作而活。
4.活；生存
Tolive means to be alive. If someonelives to a particular age, they stay alive until they are that age.
e.g. He's got a terrible disease and will notlive long...
他已身患重疾，时日无多。
e.g. A perennial is a plant that lives indefinitely...
多年生植物是指能存活很多年的植物。
5.靠…过活；以…为生
If peoplelive by doing a particular activity, they get the money, food, or clothing they need by doing that activity.
e.g. ...the last indigenous people tolive by hunting...
最后一个狩猎为生的土著民族
e.g. These crimes were committed largely by professional criminals who lived by crime.
这些罪案大都是由以犯罪为生的职业罪犯制造的。
6.恪守（规则、信念、理想等）
If youlive by a particular rule, belief, or ideal, you behave in the way in which it says you should behave.
e.g. Theylive by the principle that we are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we want from it.
他们恪守着这样的原则：我们来到世上是要为生活做贡献，而不是从中索取。
7.留存；铭记；流传下去
If a person or occasionlives in someone's mind or in history, they are remembered for a long time.
live的近义词
e.g. The memory of that willlive with me for many years to come...
那个记忆将会伴随我多年。
e.g. His name willlive in history as one of the greatest bowlers of all time...
他将会作为史上最伟大的板球投手之一而留名青史。
8. see also: living
9.热衷于…；狂热爱好…
If you say that someonelives and breathes a particular subject or activity, you are emphasizing that they are extremely enthusiastic about it.
live在线翻译
e.g. He has lived and breathed polo since he was seven.
他从7岁开始就一直热衷于马球。
10.枉过此生；白活
If you tell someone that theyhaven't lived unless they experience a particular thing, you are telling them that thing is extremely good and should be experienced.
e.g. If you have never been to an opera, you haven't lived...
要是从来没看过歌剧，那就枉过此生了。
e.g. You haven't lived until you've used their new micro system.
要是没用过他们新的微系统，这辈子就算白活了。
11.活在担心/恐惧中
You can use expressions such asto live in fear andto live in terror to indicate that someone is always thinking about an unpleasant or frightening event, because they think that it might happen.
e.g. One in 10 Californians is unemployed and thousands morelive in fear of losing their jobs.
十分之一的加利福尼亚人没有工作，还有数以千计的人成天提心吊胆地害怕失去工作。
12.自己活也让别人活；互相宽容；互不干扰
You saylive and let live as a way of saying that you should let other people behave in the way that they want to and not criticize them for behaving differently from you.
13.狂欢；享乐一番
If youlive it up, you have a very enjoyable and exciting time, for example by going to lots of parties or going out drinking with friends.
live的近义词
e.g. There is no reason why you couldn'tlive it up once in a while.
偶尔放纵一下也无妨。
14. tolive hand to mouth -> see hand
tolive a lie -> see lie
tolive beyond your means -> see means
tolive in sin -> see sin
相关词组：live downlive offlive onlive onlive outlive throughlive togetherlive up to
形容词用法（ADJECTIVE USES）
1.活的；有生命的
Live animals or plants are alive, rather than being dead or artificial.
live的解释
e.g. ...a protest against the company's tests onlive animals.
反对该公司利用活体动物做试验的
e.g. ...baskets oflive chickens.
一篮篮的活鸡
2.现场直播的；实况转播的
Alive television or radio programme is one in which an event or performance is broadcast at exactly the same time as it happens, rather than being recorded first.
e.g. Murray was a guest on alive radio show.
默里在一个直播的电台节目里当嘉宾。
e.g. ...we were laughing and gossiping, oblivious to the fact that we were onlive TV...
我们肆意大笑，闲聊八卦，忘记了自己是在做电视直播。
3.（表演）现场的
Alive performance is given in front of an audience, rather than being recorded and then broadcast or shown in a film.
e.g. The Rainbow has not hostedlive music since the end of 1981...
1981年末之后，彩虹剧院就再没主办过现场音乐会。
e.g. Alive audience will pose the questions...
问题将由现场的观众提出。
4.（唱片）现场录制的
Alive recording is a recording of a band playing at a concert, rather than in a studio.
e.g. This is my favouritelive album of all time...
这是我最喜爱的现场专辑。
e.g. The LP featureslive recordings from the 'Great Xpectations' all-day show.
这张大碟收录了“远大前程”全天秀的现场录音。
5.带电的；通电的
Alive wire or piece of electrical equipment is directly connected to a source of electricity.
e.g. The plug broke, exposinglive wires...
插头坏了，带电的电线露在外面。
e.g. He warned others about thelive electric cables as they climbed to safety.
他们爬向安全地带的过程中，他提醒其他人当心带电的电缆。
6.（子弹）金属的；实（弹）的
Live bullets are made of metal, rather than rubber or plastic, and are intended to kill people rather than injure them.
e.g. They trained in the jungle usinglive ammunition.
他们在丛林中接受真实弹的训练。
7.（或导弹）尚未爆炸的
Alive bomb or missile is one which has not yet exploded.
e.g. Alive bomb had earlier been defused.
一枚未爆炸的稍早被拆除了雷管。
8.开始使用；启用；启动
If a system, campaign, or other course of actiongoes live, it starts to be used.
live
e.g. The new system wentlive earlier this year...
新系统在今年早些时候开始了运行。
e.g. The service should golive this summer.
这项服务将在今年夏天投入使用。
9.活生生的；千真万确的
You usereal live to say that someone or something is present or exists, when you want to indicate that you think this is exciting and unusual or unexpected.
e.g. He had never met a reallive admiral...
他从来没遇到过一位真正的海军上将。
e.g. She has the best pet of all — a reallive tiger.
她有世上最佳的宠物——一只活生生的老虎。
四、例句
People cannot live without air.
没有空气，人们就不能生存。
After she died he had nothing to live for.
她去世后,他便没有了生活目标。
He's a tramp and used to living rough.
他是流浪汉,惯于风餐雨卧。
Where do you live?
你住在哪儿？
Many elderly people live an idle life.
许多老年人过着悠闲的生活。
The cat is playing with a live mouse.
猫在戏弄那只活老鼠。
It wasn't a recorded show, it was live
这不是录音表演, 这是现场转播。
A live band is always a good draw at a party.
现场演奏的乐队在聚会上总是很吸引人的。
The electrician killed the live circuit.
那位电工切断了通电电路。
We cooked the steak over live coals.
我们在燃烧着的炭上煎牛排。
Pollution is still very much a live issue.
污染现象仍然是当前的大问题。
The landing on the moon was telecast live.
现场转播了登月行动。
五、常用短语
The good he did will live after him.
他生前做的好事将永留人世。
The acts of good men live after them in our memories.
好人谢世后,他们的行为举止长久地留在我们的记忆里。
His reputation will live long after his death.
他将英名长存。
After living among the natives for twenty years, the painter forgot his own language and civilized ways of life.
那位画家在当地人中生活了20年之后,忘了自己的语言,并忘记了文明的生活方式。
I lived among the Masai people for many years, but I failed to learn their language.
我在马萨依族人中生活了多年,但没能学会他们的语言。
After their worst quarrel,Jim and Mary wondered if they should live apart for a time to try to improve their relationship.
吉姆同玛丽大闹了一场之后,他们考虑是否应当分开一段时间以改善关系。
live apart from sbAfter Jane had been living apart from Fair for six months, she decided to return to him.
简和费尔分居6个月后,决定回到他身边。
No one lives at the corner of the street now, it's all shops and offices.
现在没有人在那个街角上住了,那里都是商店和办事机构。
I lived at 29 Celebration Street,Nairobi, for many years.
我在内罗毕典礼街29号住了许多年。
When the house was damaged by fire, we had to live at the Grand Hotel for several weeks.
房子被烧毁了,我们只得在格兰德旅馆里住了几个星期。
We then lived at Norwood Road, but now we live at Fleet Street.
我们原来住在诺伍德路,但现在住在舰队街。
The farmer's family live(s) beyond the next valley.
过了下一个山谷就是那个农民的家。
They live by honest labour.
他们靠诚实劳动生活。
He was never serious with any trade. He lived by his wits.
他对哪一行都不认真,他靠小聪明过日子。
He lives by begging.
他以乞讨为生。
The people in that small town are very poor;they probably live by taking in one another's washing.
那个小镇上的居民很贫穷,他们可能靠彼此相助而生活。
It will be difficult to live down this humiliation.
很难忘记这样的耻辱。
After his release from prison, he vowed to live down his crimes.
出狱后,他立誓悔过自新,使人忘记他的罪行。
It will be a long time before you live down that foolish mistake.
你虽然改正错误,也得经过很长一段时间,人们才会忘掉你那愚蠢的过去。
Twenty years later, his family are still trying to live the scandal down.20
年过去了,他的一家仍在努力使人们忘记那件丑闻。
Both boys just live for football.
那两个男孩只想着足球。
She lives for her work.
她一心想着自己的工作。
I live for the day when I retire.
我向往着退休的那一天。
He says that he has nothing to live for since his wife died.
他说,自妻子去世后,他已没有生活乐趣可言。
The servants live in.
仆人们寄宿在主人家。
Where can we find a cook who will live in?
现在哪里能雇到愿在雇主家住宿的厨师?
Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.
杰克决定大一时住校。
Did you live in or live out when you were at college?
你上大学时是住校还是走读?
Students of this college are expected to live in.
这个学院要求学生住校。
I've been living in this city since my family moved here twenty years ago.
自从20年前我家搬到这里以来,我一直住在这个城市。
I'd like to go to the country and live in a small way.
我想去乡下过简朴、安静的生活。
She indeed lives in a fool's paradise as she always dreams about making a huge fortune overnight.
她总想顷刻间大发横财,的确有点想入非非。
live sth in sthWhat a wretched life they lived in the workhouse!
他们住在济贫院里,过的生活真悲惨!
In the summer camp, children live the life of the collective.
在夏令营里,孩子们过集体生活。
They live off the land.
他们以农产品为食。
These animals with long necks live off the leaves of tall trees.
这些长颈动物以高大树木的叶子为食。
Thousands of waterfowl breed round the lake and live off the fish.
数以千计的水鸟在湖边繁殖,靠鱼来生存。
He lives off fruit and nuts.
他靠水果和坚果维持生命。
Since he lost his job, he's been living off his parents.
自从失业以后,他一直靠父母生活。
I live off the money from my first book.
我靠出第一本书所得的钱过活。
I don't know how she manages to live off her painting.
我不知道她怎么能以画画为生。
The family was in such difficult straits they were living off welfare.
这家人处境十分窘迫,只能靠福利救济过日子。
Now our monthly income is more than enough to live on.
现在,我们每月的收入除了维持生活,还有多余。
He's ninety, but still he lives on.
他90岁了,还健在。
The boy lived on for a week after the heart transplant.
心脏移植手术后,这孩子还活了一个星期。
The old people died but the young ones lived on.
老人死了,但年轻人都继续活着。
He lived on in spite of the accident.
尽管出了事故,他还是活下来了。
He will die, but his fame will live on after him.
他虽然会死去,但他的名声会在他死后继续传扬。
The composer's works will always live on.
这位作曲家的作品永远留在人间。
This custom will live on for centuries.
这种风俗习惯还会流传若干世纪。
The scientist's name will live on from generation to generation.
这位科学家的名字将流芳百世。
The servants live out.
仆人不在主人家寄宿。
Some of the students have rooms in their college, but most have to live out as there isn't room for them all.
有些学生住在学校里,但是多数学生都得住在校外,因为校内容纳不下全部学生。
Students can live out if they wish.
如果学生们愿意,他们可在学院外寄宿。
live out sthHe is seriously ill.I'm afraid he cannot live out one more week.
他已病入膏肓,恐怕活不到一周了。
I doubt if she'll live out the winter.
我怀疑她是否能熬过这一冬。
Don't bother me,O.K.?Just let me live out my life in peace and in private.
别打扰我了,好不好?就让我一个人安安宁宁地度过后半辈子吧。
My family lived out the earthquake, but our house was destroyed.
我们一家在地震中劫后余生,但房子却毁了。
Her success enabled her to live out her wildest fantasies.
她的成功使她得以实现自己的狂想。
The old man keeps living over his memories.
那位老人常在心中重温往日的经历。
live overIf I had my life to live over,I'd do the same again.
假如我能从头再生活一次的话,我仍然会这样做的。
The owners live over the shop.
老板们住在商店的上头。
He has lived through two world wars.
他经历过两次世界大战。
He had lived through the worst years of the depression.
他经历过大萧条期间最艰苦的那几年。
They lived through the long famine.
他们经历了漫长的饥荒而未死。
Can he live through the night?
他能活得过今夜吗?
I couldn't live through another day like that.
照这样我一天也熬不下去了。
I don't think he'll manage to live through another bad winter.
我认为他不能再熬过一个严冬了。
I don't know how I lived through the last week, waiting for the result.
我不知道我是怎样在等待结果中度过上一周的。
He was among the few who managed to live through the experiences in the enemy prison camp.
活着离开战俘集中营的人很少,他是其中的一个。
Many people have a wish to live to old age.
许多人想长寿。
My grandfather lived to a great age.
我爷爷活到高龄。
He lived to the ripe age of 90.
他活到90高龄。
Not many people live to a hundred.
很少人活到一百岁。
Now they are living happily together with the Han.
现在他们和汉族人愉快地生活在一起。
I hear Jane and Bill are living together.
我听说简和比尔现在同居了。
How long have they been living together?
他们已经同居多久了?
Increasing numbers of young people choose to live together rather than to marry.
越来越多的青年人选择未婚同居而不是结婚。
She lived in the village with her grandparents as cheerful as a lark.
她同祖父母一起住在乡间非常快活。
Dogs and cats cannot live with each other in the same house.
猫和狗不能共同生活在一幢房子里。
The girl with whom he had been living for two years suddenly packed her bags and left.
这姑娘和他同居了两年,突然收拾起行李走掉了。
live with sb/sthIt was very difficult when she first lost her hearing, but she has learnt to live with it.
她最初失去听觉的时候,感到非常困难,但是现在她已经慢慢适应了。
Powerful nations must learn to live with each other in peace.
强国必须学会和睦相处。
Whether you like it or not, you will have to live with the new tax law.
不管你喜欢与否,你得接受新税法。
I don't like the noise of these jet aircraft, but I've learnt to live with it.
我讨厌这些喷气飞机发出的噪音,但我已学会去忍受它了。
I don't like the winter, but we all have to live with it.
我不喜欢过冬天,但我们还不都得过吗?
You must live with the fact that you are no longer as strong as you were.
你必须承认,你已经不像过去那么健壮了。
You have to live with the fact that you've lost all your money.
你不得不接受你丢了所有的钱这个事实。
It's hard to live with the knowledge that you are a failure.
你知道你已失败,这是很难受的。
live with oneselfWould he be able to live with himself later?
他以后还能保持自尊心吗?
If you live within the city border, you pay higher taxes.
如果你住在城里,就得缴纳更多的税款。
They live within easy reach of London.
他们住在离伦敦很近的地方。
She tried for a little while to live without him but couldn't.
她曾一时试图脱离他独自生活,但发现那是过不下去的。
Plants can't live without moisture.
没有水分,植物不能生长。
We can live without clothes, but food and drink are essential to life.
没有衣服我们可以生存,但是食物和水是维持生命必不可少的。
We may live without books, music, and art, but our lives would be poorer.
没有书籍,没有音乐,没有艺术,我们也可以活下去,但那样的生活就更为贫乏了。
六、情景对话
邻里
A：Do youlive (nearby/ near here/ close by)?
你住在附近吗？
B：Yes, Ilive up the block.
是，我住在上一个街区。
买东西
B：Can you find a good (price/ deal/ bargain) there?
那儿你可以买到（价钱合理/价钱便宜/价格便宜）的吗？
live的近义词
A：Wow, you reallylive in the Stone Age.
哇，你真的还生活在石器时代。
生活费用
A：If I’m going tolive on my own, I have to be independent.
如果我要一个人住，我必须学会。
B：Well, (look in the newspaper/get a job/find some work).
那么，（看看报纸找吧/找个工作吧/找点事情做吧）。
七、词语用法
live的相关近义词
active、alert、alive、animate、brisk、burning、current、hot、living、pressing、topical、vivid
live的相关反义词
live的相关临近词
lively、little、liven、lived、Livet、Livea、Livezi、livedo、Liveing、live up、Liveoak、livenet