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

• Live off somebody's generosity.
  靠别人的慷慨给予而生活。
• I live off of Roosevelt.
  我住在罗斯福附近。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• We probably can't even afford to live off post.
  我们大概负担不起在基地外生活。
• They said they live off of animal blood.
  他们说他们以喝动物的血为生。
• 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。
• You live off other people's troubles.
  你以别人的烦恼为乐。