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

• 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。
• Instead of living off parents, you can live off lovers.
  如果不依赖父母，你可以依赖爱人。
• He only agreed to marry her so he could live off her.
  他同意娶她仅仅是为了能靠她的钱生活。
• 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。
• 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”。
• Hobbits live off the earth, growing their own food and cooking it themselves.
  霍比特人生活在这个星球上，他们会自己种植，自己制作食物。
• I live off Lipton's chicken noodle soup,@ she says.
  她说，我现在靠吃利普顿的鸡肉面条汤过活。
• They said they live off of animal blood.
  他们说他们以喝动物的血为生。
• 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 live off of Roosevelt.
  我住在罗斯福附近。