surviving

1. V-T/V-I If a person or living thing survives in a dangerous situation such as an accident or an illness, they do not die. 存活

...the sequence of events that left the eight pupils battling to survive in icy seas for over four hours. …使4名小學生在冰冷的海洋中掙紥求生超過4個小時的一連串事件。

Those organisms that are most suited to the environment will be those that will survive. 那些最適應環境的生物將是那些存活下來的。

He had survived heart bypass surgery. 他在心髒搭橋手術中活了下來。

2. V-T/V-I If you survive in difficult circumstances, you manage to live or continue in spite of them and do not let them affect you very much. 挺過

On my first day here I thought, "Ooh, how will I survive?"

在這兒的第一天我想：“噢，我該怎麽挺過去呀？”

...people who are struggling to survive without jobs. …掙紥著以挺過失業的人們。

3. V-T/V-I If something survives, it continues to exist even after being in a dangerous situation or existing for a long time. 幸存

When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not survive. 一旦推行市場經濟，很多工廠將無法存活下去。

No one survived the crash. 無人在這次撞擊中幸免於難。

4. V-T If you survive someone, you continue to live after they have died. 比…活得長

Most women will survive their spouses. 大多數女性比她們的配偶活得長。