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
- 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。 - They said they live off of animal blood.
他们说他们以喝动物的血为生。 - Instead of getting a job after college, I decided to hit the road and live off the land.
大学毕业后,我没有去找工作,决心去流浪,过悠闲的生活。 - I can live off the small land I have.
我能住在我的小房子里。 - 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。 - You can't live off your parents your whole life.
你不能一辈子都靠父母。 - The trees rest and live off the food they stored during the summer.
这时植物可以休息了,开始消耗它们在夏季储存的“食物”。 - 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。 - 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。