alive• Are all your grandparents still alive?• The Glens have the cuppedigree and their cup run has kept a disappointingseasonalive.• The penalty kept the drive alive.• While you're here don't say it, and we might all stand a chance of getting out of here alive.• Blues clubs like these help keep the musicalive.• Paramedicsfought for an hour by the roadside to keep him alive.• She was the last person to see him alive.• The police found them lying on the kitchenfloor. Mr Wilkins was dead and his wife was barely alive.• I did not notice it while she was alive.• She died in 1952 and I am now the only one of the family left alive.• The cowardchoked out that you were still alive and hadn't been harmed, but it didn't save his neck.• The children were found alive and well after being missing for several days.• The quest to make the songs come alive helps reignite the players' chemistry after the long layoff.• Not knowing whether he's dead or alive is a terrible feeling.
alive and well• I have heard from my family, and they're alive and well.• Unfortunately, discrimination against black people is alive and well.• The family meal is alive and well.• But in Disney movies, the old stereotypes are alive and well and beautifully animated, Giroux says.• Dolly at least is alive and well and her first lamb, Bonnie, seems eminently healthy and normal.• Age discrimination and fears of age discrimination are alive and well in the workplace.• William was seen alive and well this morning, but by lunchtime he'd died.• Joseph of Arimathea - the only man he ever buried was alive and well three days later!• I wanted to be able to deliver the fact that grandfather was still alive and well to you.• Alice was great; she seemed so alive and welltuned.
alive and kicking• Keeping the ballalive and kicking.• Other people, alive and kicking.• The beast was still very much alive and kicking.• Thought I might pop down to Grafton again this spring - see if our Peg is still alive and kicking.• For one thing, it was now very much alive and kicking, a sensation which she found both distressing and uncomfortable.• The sportsbar is alive and kicking Downtown, and they give Monday Night Football a special place on the mantle.• But the sport is still very much alive and kicking in this country.• He is very much alive and kicking, strongly represented in the intertestamental literature, the New Testament and human experience.
feel ... alive• Something real had been left behind when she'd walked away from Castell Rocamar, and she felt only half alive.• Sometimes the sunspangles and we feel alive.• At least we were out of the mud and I had started to feel alive enough to tackle a dry roti.• He felt vibrantly alive, he felt clean, scrubbed by Debbie in a long coldshower.• He felt ashamed and alive, he felt seen.• Last night you made me feel more alive than at any time since the crash.• His earsringing, the bloodpounding in his veins, Floyd felt more alive than he had for years.• And you will feel more alive than you ever have before.
1living活着VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤be, seem活着;好像活着▸➤remain, stay仍然活着◇Lost and so far from other human life, he faced a desperate struggle to stay alive.他迷了路並且遠離其他人,要活下去需要作拼死的抗爭。➤escape, get out活着逃出/出去◇He considered himself lucky to escape alive.他覺得自己能活着逃出來很幸運。➤return生還◇They had little chance of returning alive.他們活着回來的機會很渺茫。➤keep sb維持某人的生命◇Doctors fought to keep her alive.醫生盡力挽救她的生命。➤be buried, be burned, be eaten被活埋;被活活燒死;被活着吃掉➤be found, be left被發現活着;幸存◇Five people were found alive in the wreckage.殘骸中發現 5 個人還活着。➤be captured, be taken被活捉ADVERB➤very much活得好好的◇The old rascal is still very much alive.這個老傢伙仍然活得好好的。➤barely, only half只剩一口氣;只剩半條命◇For four days he seemed barely alive.有 4 天的時間他好像奄奄一息。➤still仍然活着◇I wasn't sure if he was still alive.我不能肯定他是否還活着。PHRASES➤alive and kicking健康活躍◇My mother is still alive and kicking.我母親還健在。➤alive and well好好地活着◇At any moment he may turn up alive and well.他隨時都可能會安全無事地出現。➤dead or alive無論是死是活◇The police are desperate to catch this man dead or alive.警方不顧一切地想抓住這個人,無論他是死是活。➤lucky to be alive幸運地活下來◇It was a very narrow escape and we are lucky to be alive.我們死裏逃生活下來算是幸運。➤more dead than alive身體極其虛弱◇Poor child, she looks more dead than alive.可憐的孩子,她看上去虛弱極了。alive
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2full of life充滿生命力VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel, seem充滿活力;感覺充滿活力;好像充滿活力◇I feel really alive in the country!在鄉下我感到渾身是勁兒!➤come活躍起來◇The city comes alive at night.這座城市到了夜晚就熱鬧起來。➤bring sb/sth給⋯帶來活力◇The wealth of detail in his book really brings it alive.豐富的細節描寫使這本書“活”了起來。ADVERB➤really, truly, very極富活力;非常具有生氣;很活躍▸➤fully充滿生氣▸➤intensely生氣勃勃▸➤only half活得乏味◇She realized that she had only been half alive for the last four years.她意識到這 4 年來自己未體驗到真正的生活。➤suddenly突然活躍起來◇His eyes were suddenly alive with excitement.他的眼睛突然興奮地亮了起來。PREPOSITION➤with充滿(活躍的⋯)◇The hall was alive with the sound of voices.大廳裏人聲鼎沸。alive
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3continuing to exist繼續存在VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤be繼續存在▸➤remain仍然繼續存在▸➤keep sth使⋯繼續存在◇The people try to keep the old traditions alive.人們試圖保留舊的傳統。ADVERB➤very much非常盛行◇The old customs are still very much alive in this region.這些舊習俗在這一地區仍很盛行。PHRASES➤alive and well依然盛行◇The art of debate is alive and well in our schools.辯論術在我們的學校中依然盛行。alive
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4aware of sth意識到VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be注意到▸➤become開始注意到▸➤remain仍能意識到ADVERB➤very much非常關注PREPOSITION➤to對⋯注意◇He remained very much alive to the dangers.他依然對各種危險十分敏感。
alive adj. ⇨alive (dead or alive)⇨alive and well⇨safe1alive
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alive ♦︎ living ♦︎ live ♦︎ animateThese words all describe sb/sth that has life.这些词均表示有生命的、活着的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a living / live animal / plant / bird◆a living / live organism / creature◆still alive / living■alive [not before noun] having life; not dead活着;在世◆We don't know whether he's alive or dead.我们不知道他是死是活。◆She had to steal food just to stay alive.她只好偷东西吃才不至于饿死。◆Doctors fought to keep the baby alive.医生努力维持着婴儿的生命。◆I was glad to hear you're alive and well.听说你健在,我很高兴。◆He was buried alive in the earthquake.他在地震中被活埋。OPPdead ⇨ dead■living (ratherformal) alive now活的;活着的◆She taught us to show respect for all living things.她教导我们尊重一切生命。◆Many people say he is the finest living pianist.许多人说他是当世最杰出的钢琴家。OPPdead ⇨ deadNOTE辨析 Alive or living?Alive is never used before a noun. * alive不用于名词前◆all alive thingsLiving can be used after be but is not usually used after other linking verbs. * living可以用在be后面,但通常不用在其他连系动词后◆She stole just to stay living.◆Doctors fought to keep the baby living.■live laɪv [usually before noun] living活的;活着的◆We saw a real live rattlesnake!我们看见了一条活生生的响尾蛇!◆the number of live births(= babies born alive)活产婴儿数OPPdead ⇨ deadNOTE辨析 Living or live?Living is usually used to talk about people/animals in a wide context. * living通常形容人或动物,多用于泛指◆The elephant is the biggest living land animal(= elephants in general, not one particular elephant).象是现今最大的陆生动物。◆The elephant is the biggest live land animal.◆the finest living pianist(= out of all pianists alive today)当世最杰出的钢琴家◆the finest live pianistLive is usually used to talk about a person or animals in a particular situation, especially when it is important for reacting to the situation. * live通常形容处于特定情境下的人或动物,尤指须对该情境作出反应◆I need to talk to a live person(= not a recorded message).我需要和真人对谈。◆I need to talk to a living person.◆Customs officials seized 400 live snakes packed in crates.海关人员查获了装在木箱里的400条活蛇。◆Customs officials seized 400 living snakes.■animate ˈænɪmət (formal) having life; moving or able to move by itself有生命的;有活动力的◆Children quickly learn to distinguish between animate and inanimate motion.孩子们很快学会区分生物体和非生物体的运动。OPPinanimateⓘ Things that are inanimate are not alive in the way that people, animals and plants are. * inanimate用来形容无生命、与人类或动植物的存在方式不同的物体◆A rock is an inanimate object.岩石是无生命物体。