live for

短语
大学

为…而生活，以…为生活目的

词形变化

lived for lives for 三单 lives for living for living for 现在分词 lived for 过去式 lived for 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

为…而生活；盼望

动词

为…而活着；为……而活者；为…生活

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To deeply enjoy or be fulfilled by something esteemed as very important in one's life.

    I live for knowledge.

  2. 2.

    To find a reason to continue having the will to live.

    He has been chronically depressed and feels he has nothing to live for.

  3. 3.

    To eagerly await or hope for (a significant life event).

    I live for the day I can finally break free from my servitude.