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survival

美音:[sə´vaıvəl ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.生存,幸存,残存,幸存者,残存物

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survival


/sə'vaɪvl; sɚ`vaɪvl/
n
1 [U] state of continuing to live or exist; surviving 继续生存或存在; 存活; 幸存
*the miraculous survival of some people in the air crash 空难事件中有些人奇迹般大难不死
* the survival of the fittest, ie the continuing existence of those animals and plants which are best adapted to their surroundings, etc 适者生存(动植物最能适应环境等者得以存活)
* [attrib 作定语] a sur`vival kit, ie a package of items needed by survivors of a disaster, eg at sea 救生包(装有维持生命之必需品, 如供海难等幸存者使用的).
2 [C] ~ (from sth) person, thing, custom, belief, etc that has survived from an earlier time 过去时代留存下来的人、物、风俗、信仰等; 遗老; 遗习; 旧风俗; 旧思想
*a ceremony which is a survival from pre-Christian times 从公元前沿袭下来的礼仪活动.

survival


n
[U]
the state of continuing to live or exist
survival of
 Illegal hunting is threatening the survival of the species.
 The doctors gave him a one-in-ten chance of survival .
 A lot of small companies are having to fight for survival (=work hard in order to continue to exist) .
survival of the fittest
a situation in which only the strongest and most successful people or things continue to exist
a survival from sth
especially BrE something that has continued to exist from a much earlier period, especially when similar things have disappeared
= relic
 The cult is a survival from the old Zoroastrian religion.
1. Earthquake survival supplies include a radio receiver, a torch, extra batteries, first-aid supplies, a spade, a tent, some rope, and warm clothing.
    地震救生储备还包括无线电接收器、手电、备用电池、急救用品、铁锹、帐篷、绳子和保暖衣物。

2. Women's survival, both physical and psychological, has been linked to their ability to please men.
    女人的生存,不论是生理的还是心理的,都与其取悦于男人的能力有关。

3. This was what was known as "the survival of the fittest."
    这就上人们所说的"适者生存"

4. The poor record of survival, plus public reaction against the media´s use of heart transplants for publicity (and perhaps also entertainment), gave rise to a wave of anti-transplant feelings both in and outside the medical profession.
    由于手术后病人存活时间短,加之公共舆论反对新闻界利用心脏移植来进行宣传(甚至娱乐),所以,医学界内外掀起了一股反对心脏移植的浪潮。

5. Night after night, in the hot summer and early fall of 1940, a deep, steady voice came over the Atlantic Ocean from England to America, telling of England's battle for survival under the waves of German bombers.
    在1940年的炎夏和早秋的一个个夜晚,有一个深沉而平稳的声音飞越大西洋,从英国传到美国,讲述着英国在德国轰炸机轮番进攻下为生存而进行的战斗。

6. As people work to control the planet and make life comfortable, are they using up resources that are needed for their survival?
    难道为了控制整个地球,为了使生活舒适,人类就要用尽生存所需的所有资源吗?

7. "If you have to use the survival equipment and it doesn't work, bring it back; we'll replace it."
    "如果你非用逃生设备不可,而它又不灵,那就把它带回来好了,我们负责换一个。"

8. As Daniel Goleman suggests in his new book, Emotional Intelligence, the latest scientific findings seem to indicate that intelligent but inflexible people don't have the right stuff in an age when the adaptive ability is the key to survival.
    正如丹尼尔·戈尔曼在他的新书《情感智能》中所说,最新的科研结果似乎表明,在一个适应能力是生存关键的年代,聪明但缺乏灵活性的人并不具备这种适应的才能。

9. Men accustomed to struggling for survival against the elements and Indians were bewildered by politicians, bankers and businessmen,
    习惯与大自然和印第安人作斗争以求生存的拓荒者被政客、银行家和商人搞得晕头转向,

10. It was not forced upon them by the survival competition;
    那不是生存竞争强加给它们的;

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