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 can hunt! We can live off the fat of the land.
  我可以打猎！我们可以就地取材。
• 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。
• Instead of living off parents, you can live off lovers.
  如果不依赖父母，你可以依赖爱人。
• They said they live off of animal blood.
  他们说他们以喝动物的血为生。
• They live off fruit and nuts.
  他们以水果和坚果为食。
• Don't live off your bonus.
  不要太过于依赖你的奖金。
• You live off other people's troubles.
  你以别人的烦恼为乐。
• 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。
• Live off somebody's generosity.
  靠别人的慷慨给予而生活。
• We probably can't even afford to live off post.
  我们大概负担不起在基地外生活。