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

• 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。
• 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。
• Don't live off your bonus.
  不要太过于依赖你的奖金。
• We probably can't even afford to live off post.
  我们大概负担不起在基地外生活。
• I live off of Roosevelt.
  我住在罗斯福附近。
• 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”。
• 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。
• Have you no shame? Always trying to live off other people's wealth!
  你没羞吗？总想当别人的寄生虫！
• 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。
• You live off other people's troubles.
  你以别人的烦恼为乐。