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
- 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。 - I can live off the small land I have.
我能住在我的小房子里。 - I live off Lipton's chicken noodle soup,@ she says.
她说,我现在靠吃利普顿的鸡肉面条汤过活。 - Live off somebody's generosity.
靠别人的慷慨给予而生活。 - You live off other people's troubles.
你以别人的烦恼为乐。 - 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。 - They find it hard to live off the money they make.
他们发现靠他们赚的那点钱生活的确不易。 - 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。 - I live off of Roosevelt.
我住在罗斯福附近。 - I live off my pension even that goes to the charity when I die.
我靠退休金生活,如果我离世的话,剩下的退休金也将全部捐给慈善机构。