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

• They live off fruit and nuts.
  他们以水果和坚果为食。
• I live off of Roosevelt.
  我住在罗斯福附近。
• They said they live off of animal blood.
  他们说他们以喝动物的血为生。
• I can live off the small land I have.
  我能住在我的小房子里。
• Live off somebody's generosity.
  靠别人的慷慨给予而生活。
• I live off the money from my first book.
  我靠我第一本书赚的钱生活。
• 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。
• You can't live off your parents your whole life.
  你不能一辈子都靠父母。
• 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”。