survive vi. 活着；继续存在
vt. 幸免于难；存活；艰难度过；比 ... 活
survival n. 幸存，生还
survivor n. 幸存者
例句1：（vi. 活着，幸存下来）主语+survive.
Of those wounded men in the battle only three survived. 战斗中负伤的人只有三个活了下来。
例句2. vt. 主语+survive+sth.经历过......活下来
主语+survive+sb.+by +一段时间比某人活得久
Many people felt lucky to have survived the tsunami.
经历那次海啸后能生存下来，很多人感到很幸运。
I don't know how I ever survived high school.我都不知道我是怎样熬过高中那段岁月的。
His mental faculties survived his physical powers.他身体已衰弱,但精神还很好。
I hope I shall never survive my usefulness.我希望在我的有生之年永远不会成为废物。
The old man has survived his wife.这位老者比他的老伴儿活得长。
例句3：
We need food and water for survival.我们为了生存需要食物和水。
That fashion is a survival from the 1930s.那种时装是三十年代的遗风。
练一练：用survive的适当形式填空：
1.Few birds managed to ________the winter last year.
2.He is the only man who _______ after the explosion.
3.Hopes are fading for the _______of the missing climbers.4.There was only one_________ from the plane crash.
参考答案：（1. survive 2. survived s. survival 4. survivor)
