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

• All live off many people, but the elephant is not cooperate, nobody can do, the king was disappointed, finally to a beggar, he said to the king, and said, I have: that's ok, you can try.
  全过上下来了很多人，但大象很不配合，没一个人能做到，国王很失望，最后来了一个乞丐，他说我有办法，国王说：那好吧，你就试试吧。
• 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”。
• Being a parent is a one way deal: you work for them, they live off you.
  现在养育子女就是一味付出：你为他们尽力，他们依靠你生活。
• When I'm rich I'll retire and live off the fat of the land.
  有钱的时候，我就退休，吃好的喝好的。
• Instead of living off parents, you can live off lovers.
  如果不依赖父母，你可以依赖爱人。
• It's about time she got a job, live off of her parents money.
  她是该找份工作了，竟花父母的钱。
• 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。
• We probably can't even afford to live off post.
  我们大概负担不起在基地外生活。
• 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。
• I'm going to live off campus if I can find somewhere cheap enough
  要是能找到足够便宜的地方，我就不在校园里住了。