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

• That he come down here to live off n us.
  来这里跟我们一起生活。
• Being a parent is a one way deal: you work for them, they live off you.
  现在养育子女就是一味付出：你为他们尽力，他们依靠你生活。
• It's about time she got a job, live off of her parents money.
  她是该找份工作了，竟花父母的钱。
• I live off of Roosevelt.
  我住在罗斯福附近。
• Live off somebody's generosity.
  靠别人的慷慨给予而生活。
• Don't live off your bonus.
  不要太过于依赖你的奖金。
• They live off fruit and nuts.
  他们以水果和坚果为食。
• 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。
• I live off the money from my first book.
  我靠我第一本书赚的钱生活。
• He only agreed to marry her so he could live off her.
  他同意娶她仅仅是为了能靠她的钱生活。