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

Survive \Sur*vive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Survived}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Surviving}.] [F. survivre, L. supervivere; super over
   + vivere to live. See {Super-}, and {Victuals}.]
   To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than;
   to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.
   --Cowper.

         I'll assure her of Her widowhood, be it that she
         survive me, In all my lands and leases whatsoever.
                                                  --Shak.

Survive \Sur*vive"\, v. i.
   To remain alive; to continue to live.

         Thy pleasure, Which, when no other enemy survives,
         Still conquers all the conquerors.       --Sir J.
                                                  Denham.

         Alike are life and death, When life in death survives.
                                                  --Longfellow.

资料来源 : WordNet®

survive
     v 1: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and
          food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the
          backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived
          through several very serious accidents" [syn: {last}, {live},
           {live on}, {go}, {endure}, {hold up}, {hold out}]
     2: continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He
        survived the cancer against all odds" [syn: {pull through},
         {pull round}, {come through}, {make it}] [ant: {succumb}]
     3: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage";
        "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many
        people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn: {exist},
         {live}, {subsist}]
     4: live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"
        [syn: {outlive}, {outlast}]