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 Lipton's chicken noodle soup,@ she says.
  她说，我现在靠吃利普顿的鸡肉面条汤过活。
• You can't live off your parents your whole life.
  你不能一辈子都靠父母。
• I'm going to live off campus if I can find somewhere cheap enough
  要是能找到足够便宜的地方，我就不在校园里住了。
• You live off other people's troubles.
  你以别人的烦恼为乐。
• 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。
• We probably can't even afford to live off post.
  我们大概负担不起在基地外生活。
• Live off somebody's generosity.
  靠别人的慷慨给予而生活。
• 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！
• Hobbits live off the earth, growing their own food and cooking it themselves.
  霍比特人生活在这个星球上，他们会自己种植，自己制作食物。
• When I'm rich I'll retire and live off the fat of the land.
  有钱的时候，我就退休，吃好的喝好的。