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.
  1. ...a man who all his life had lived off his father.
     一辈子都依靠父亲生活的男人

双语例句

• I live off of Roosevelt.
  我住在罗斯福附近。
• That he come down here to live off n us.
  来这里跟我们一起生活。
• 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 can hunt! We can live off the fat of the land.
  我可以打猎！我们可以就地取材。
• Most residents live off corn farming, herding and selling supplies to hikers.
  这里的大部分居民目前靠种玉米、放牧和向远足者出售物资为生。
• We probably can't even afford to live off post.
  我们大概负担不起在基地外生活。
• Have you no shame? Always trying to live off other people's wealth!
  你没羞吗？总想当别人的寄生虫！
• They live off fruit and nuts.
  他们以水果和坚果为食。
• Live off somebody's generosity.
  靠别人的慷慨给予而生活。
• 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。