考研英语大纲常考词组短语 live upon
释义:
live upon 靠……生活
例句:
He that live upon hope, dies farting.
不再希望中生活,就在屁声中死去。
What did he live upon?
他靠什么过活?
We will live upon wedding-cake frosted with sleet.
我们结婚后,将生活与雨夹雪磨砂蛋糕。
He had enough to live upon, and something to spare;
他的收人还有一点剩余。
Who live upon the stones, I suppose, "said Franz with an incredulous smile."
“我想它们大概是靠舔石头过日子吧。”弗兰兹怀疑地笑了笑说。
She loves the people that live upon her and encourages them to appreciate her.
她爱着居住在她上面的人们,并鼓励你们去感激她。
The Ass resolved that he would only live upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.
于是驴子下定决定要靠露水为生,可惜很快驴子就饿死了。
The Ass resolved that he would only live upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.
驴子听了,从此以后也单吃露水过活,不久便饿死了。死了。
Marriage is always a hopeless idiocy for a woman who has enough of her own to live upon.
对一个自己有足够的生活资料的女人来说,结婚是一种不可救药的极端愚蠢的行为。
Live upon the sour land long enough and you too will go sour and this will lead to disease.
生活在酸涩土地上足够长的时间,你也将进入酸涩中,而这将带来疾病。
I intend to learn to live upon the land in non-ownership an in community with other humans as well as nature.
我意愿学会在没有所属权的大地上生活,并在和他人与自然的群落中生活。
This is the reason Mila and Oa live upon the Big Island, and will host their events there in the coming few years.
这就是Mila和Oa居住在大岛上的原因,在未来几年内他们将举办一些活动。
I am sure Wickham would like a place at court very much, and I do not think we shall have quite money enough to live upon without some help.
我相信韦翰极其希望在宫廷里找份差事做做。要是再没有别人帮帮忙,我们便很难维持生计了。
They had very little to live upon, and once when there was adreadful season of scarcity in the land, the poor wood-cutter could not earn sufficient to supply their daily food.
他们赖以生存的东西很少,一旦土地到了可怕的匮乏季节,这个可怜的伐木人就没有办法获得他们充足的日常食物。
There was a great war, and the king had many soldiers, but gave them small pay, so small that they could not live upon it, so three of them agreed among themselves to desert.
很久以前,爆发了一场大战,国王招募了许多士兵,他只发给士兵很少军饷,士兵根本就无法靠这点钱活下去。三个士兵相约逃跑。
Therefore, o thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our SINS be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
人子阿,你要对以色列家说,你们常说,我们的过犯罪恶在我们身上,我们必因此消灭,怎能存活呢。