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

• You live off other people's troubles.
  你以别人的烦恼为乐。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• The trees rest and live off the food they stored during the summer.
  这时植物可以休息了，开始消耗它们在夏季储存的“食物”。
• Don't live off your bonus.
  不要太过于依赖你的奖金。
• 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。
• Instead of living off parents, you can live off lovers.
  如果不依赖父母，你可以依赖爱人。
• 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。