overlive

vt.活得比…长 vi.活得过长,继续活下去

发音

US /oʊvəɹˈlɪv/
UK /əʊvəˈlɪv/

词形变化

overlived overlives 三单 overlives overliving overliving 现在分词 overlived 过去式 overlived 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To survive; to live past.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To outlive; live longer than.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To live too long.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To live too fast, too luxuriously, or too actively.

    不及物

词源

From Middle English overliven, from Old English oferlibban (“to survive”), equivalent to over- + live. Cognate with Dutch overleven (“to survive”), German überleben (“to survive, outlive”), Swedish överleva (“to survive, outlive, outlast”).

来源：wiktionary