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留住生命,生存,残存,幸存者

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Survival \Sur*viv"al\, n. [From {Survive}.]
   1. A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the
      existence of, another person, thing, or event; an
      outliving.

   2. (Arh[ae]ol. & Ethnol.) Any habit, usage, or belief,
      remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often
      unknown, or imperfectly known.

            The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the
            study of manners and customs.         --Tylor.

   {Survival of the fittest}. (Biol.) See {Natural selection},
      under {Natural}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

survival
     n 1: a state of surviving; remaining alive [syn: {endurance}]
     2: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms
        best adapted to the environment [syn: {survival of the
        fittest}, {natural selection}, {selection}]
     3: something that survives