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 can hunt! We can live off the fat of the land.
我可以打猎！我们可以就地取材。 - 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 my pension even that goes to the charity when I die.
我靠退休金生活，如果我离世的话，剩下的退休金也将全部捐给慈善机构。 - You can't live off your parents your whole life.
你不能一辈子都靠父母。 - 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。 - 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。 - Being a parent is a one way deal: you work for them, they live off you.
现在养育子女就是一味付出：你为他们尽力，他们依靠你生活。 - 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。 - Instead of living off parents, you can live off lovers.
如果不依赖父母，你可以依赖爱人。