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.- ...a man who all his life had lived off his father.
一辈子都依靠父亲生活的男人
- ...a man who all his life had lived off his father.
双语例句
- 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。 - 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”。 - 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。 - It's about time she got a job, live off of her parents money.
她是该找份工作了，竟花父母的钱。 - 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。 - 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。 - They live off fruit and nuts.
他们以水果和坚果为食。 - 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 can live off the small land I have.
我能住在我的小房子里。 - 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。