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

• You can't live off your parents your whole life.
  你不能一辈子都靠父母。
• I live off of Roosevelt.
  我住在罗斯福附近。
• 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。
• They live off fruit and nuts.
  他们以水果和坚果为食。
• I live off the money from my first book.
  我靠我第一本书赚的钱生活。
• 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。
• Most residents live off corn farming, herding and selling supplies to hikers.
  这里的大部分居民目前靠种玉米、放牧和向远足者出售物资为生。
• You live off other people's troubles.
  你以别人的烦恼为乐。
• Instead of getting a job after college, I decided to hit the road and live off the land.
  大学毕业后，我没有去找工作，决心去流浪，过悠闲的生活。
• We probably can't even afford to live off post.
  我们大概负担不起在基地外生活。