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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.
    1. ...a man who all his life had lived off his father.
      一辈子都依靠父亲生活的男人

双语例句

  • 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。
  • I can hunt! We can live off the fat of the land.
    我可以打猎!我们可以就地取材。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • It is a false model that we can live off knowledge and have manufacturing elsewhere.
    我们可以以知识为生、在别的地方制造的模式是错误的。
  • Don't live off your bonus.
    不要太过于依赖你的奖金。
  • Hobbits live off the earth, growing their own food and cooking it themselves.
    霍比特人生活在这个星球上,他们会自己种植,自己制作食物。
  • 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。
  • 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。