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.- ...a man who all his life had lived off his father.
一辈子都依靠父亲生活的男人
- ...a man who all his life had lived off his father.
双语例句
- 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。 - In the summer it is harder to catch seals, so before summer arrives, the bears eat as much as they can to fatten up, then live off the fat in their bodies.
在夏季，它是很难捕捉海豹，所以夏季到来之前，熊大量吃因为它们可以用来催肥了，然后吃了他们的身体脂肪。 - I live off the money from my first book.
我靠我第一本书赚的钱生活。 - 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”。 - They said they live off of animal blood.
他们说他们以喝动物的血为生。 - I live off of Roosevelt.
我住在罗斯福附近。 - 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 can hunt! We can live off the fat of the land.
我可以打猎！我们可以就地取材。 - I can live off the small land I have.
我能住在我的小房子里。