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
- They live off fruit and nuts.
他们以水果和坚果为食。 - 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。 - Instead of living off parents, you can live off lovers.
如果不依赖父母，你可以依赖爱人。 - I live off the money from my first book.
我靠我第一本书赚的钱生活。 - You live off other people's troubles.
你以别人的烦恼为乐。 - Live off somebody's generosity.
靠别人的慷慨给予而生活。 - You can't live off your parents your whole life.
你不能一辈子都靠父母。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。