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 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。 - Hobbits live off the earth, growing their own food and cooking it themselves.
霍比特人生活在这个星球上,他们会自己种植,自己制作食物。 - 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 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。 - All live off many people, but the elephant is not cooperate, nobody can do, the king was disappointed, finally to a beggar, he said to the king, and said, I have: that's ok, you can try.
全过上下来了很多人,但大象很不配合,没一个人能做到,国王很失望,最后来了一个乞丐,他说我有办法,国王说:那好吧,你就试试吧。 - Instead of living off parents, you can live off lovers.
如果不依赖父母,你可以依赖爱人。 - They live off fruit and nuts.
他们以水果和坚果为食。 - 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。 - I live off of Roosevelt.
我住在罗斯福附近。 - 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。