alive
[ə'laɪv] adjective
ESSENTIAL [after verb]
■living; having life; not dead 活（着）的；在世的•He must be ninety if he's still alive.如果他还在世的话，他肯定有90岁了。 •Doctors kept him alive on a life-support machine.医生使用维生系统来维持他的生命。 •She's alive and well and living in New Zealand.她生活得很好，目前住在纽西兰。 ■If something is alive, it continues to exist 仍然存在的•Relatives of the missing sailors are struggling to keep their hopes alive.失踪水手的亲人仍然苦守着他们能生还的希望。
[ə'laɪv] adjective
alive to sth UK
■If you are alive to something, you are thinking about it or familiar with it 意识到，认识到；注意到•I ski for the excitement, but I'm also always alive to the risks.我滑雪是为了追求刺激，但是我也从没有忘记这项运动的风险。
[ə'laɪv] adjective
alive with sth
■If something is alive with something else, it is so covered with or full of them that it appears to be living and moving 充满，满是，到处都是（有生命的或活动的东西）•The pond was alive with frogs.池塘里到处都是青蛙。
[ə'laɪv] adjective
be alive and well/kicking
■to continue to live or exist and be full of energy 好端端活着／活蹦乱跳•She said she'd seen him last week and he was alive and kicking.她说上周见过他，他还生龙活虎的。 ■to continue to be popular or successful 继续流行；长盛不衰•Despite rumours to the contrary, feminism is alive and well.尽管听到的都是女权主义已经江河日下，但实际上它却依然盛行不衰。 •Traditional jazz is still alive and kicking in New Orleans.传统爵士乐在纽奥良仍然非常流行。
[ə'laɪv] adjective
come alive
■If a place comes alive, it becomes filled with activity （地方）变得繁忙，热闹起来，活跃起来•The city centre really comes alive at the weekend.到了周末，市中心就变得十分热闹。 ■If you make something come alive, you make it seem real and interesting 显得逼真；变得有趣；鲜活起来•She's a writer who really knows how to make her characters come alive.她是一位真正懂得如何把人物塑造得栩栩如生的作家。 |