1N-UNCOUNT 生存 If you refer to the survival of something or someone, you mean that they manage to continue or exist in spite of difficult circumstances. 生存
...companies which have been struggling for survival in the advancing recession.
在日益萧条的经济环境中挣扎求生的各个公司
Ask for the free booklet 'Debt: a Survival Guide'.
可以索要免费小册子《债务:生存指南》。
2N-UNCOUNT 幸存;存活 If you refer to the survival of a person or living thing, you mean that they live through a dangerous situation in which it was possible that they might die. 幸存;存活
If cancers are spotted early there's a high chance of survival.
如果癌症在早期发现的话,存活的几率会很高。
An animal's sense of smell is still crucial to its survival.
动物的嗅觉对其生存仍然至关重要。
SYN staying alive, existence, being alive, viability
3PHRASE 适者生存 You can use the survival of the fittest to refer to a situation in which only the strongest people or things continue to live or be successful, while the others die or fail. 适者生存
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SURVIVAL | SURVIVAL + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤long-term, short-term長期/短期生存▸➤continued, future延續的/未來的生存◇They are working to ensure the continued survival of this species.他們正致力於確保這個物種能繼續存活下去。➤day-to-day日常生存▸➤improved提高的存活率◇The study showed improved survival of patients using the drug.研究表明使用這種藥物的病人存活率有所提高。➤miraculous奇跡般的幸存▸➤business, economic, human, national, physical, political企業/經濟/人類/民族/物質/政治生存VERB + SURVIVAL➤fight for為生存而奮鬥▸➤assure, ensure保證/確保生存◇The campaign will hopefully ensure the survival of the tiger.這次宣傳運動有望確保老虎的生存。➤improve, prolong改善生存狀況;延長存活時間◇Chemotherapy can prolong survival in cancer patients.化療能延長癌症病人的生命。➤threaten威脅生存◇The arrival of this South American predator threatened the survival of native species.這種南美捕食者的到來威脅到了當地物種的生存。➤affect, influence影響生存▸➤be critical for/to, be crucial for/to, be essential to, be necessary for, be vital for/to對生存至關重要;對生存必不可少;生死攸關◇Adaptability is essential to survival in a changing environment.在多變的環境中,適應性對維持生存不可或缺。SURVIVAL + NOUN➤chances, rate幸存幾率;存活率▸➤skills, strategy生存技能/策略▸➤guide (= book) , kit生存指南;救生包◇The expedition members carried flares in their survival kit.探險隊員們帶了信號燈放在他們的救生包裏。➤instinct求生本能➤advantage, benefit生存優勢◇In rare cases, a mutation confers a survival advantage to the organism.在極少數情況下,基因突變會給生物帶來生存優勢。PREPOSITION➤survival against面對⋯生存◇the struggle for survival against such well-armed enemies與裝備精良的敵人進行的生死之戰➤survival as作為⋯繼續◇his survival as leader他的領導地位的維持PHRASES➤a battle for survival, a fight for survival, a struggle for survival生存之戰◇Here, life is a battle for survival.在這裏,活着就是為生存而戰。➤be a matter of survival, be a question of survival生死存亡的問題◇For the poorest people, life was merely a matter of survival.對最貧窮的人來說,生活只是爭取活命。➤a chance of survival, chances of survival生存幾率◇Doctors gave him only a 50% chance of survival.醫生說他只有 50% 的存活幾率。◇Her chances of survival are poor.她存活的幾率很低。➤the instinct for survival生存本能◇He lacked the common instinct for survival.他缺乏起碼的生存本能。➤survival of the fittest適者生存◇Darwin's theory of the survival of the fittest達爾文的適者生存理論◇Survival of the fittest means that only those who make the company a lot of money keep their jobs.適者生存意味着只有那些為公司賺了大錢的人能保住工作。➤a threat to the survival of sth對⋯生存的威脅◇The main threat to the survival of these creatures comes from their loss of habitat.棲息地的喪失是這些生物生存的最大威脅。