live: [OE] Modern English live represents a conflation of two Old English verbs, libban and lifian, both of which go back ultimately to the same prehistoric Germanic source, *lib- ‘remain, continue’. Variants of this produced leave ‘depart’ and life. The adjective live [16] is a reduced form of alive, which derived from life. => life
live (v.)
Old English lifian (Anglian), libban (West Saxon) "to be, to live, have life; to experience," also "to supply oneself with food, to pass life (in some condition)," from Proto-Germanic *liben (cognates: Old Norse lifa "to live, remain," Old Frisian libba, German leben, Gothic liban "to live"), from PIE root *leip- "to remain, continue" (source also of Greek liparein "to persist, persevere;" see leave). Meaning "to make a residence, dwell" is from c. 1200. Related: Lived; living.
According to the Dutch Prouerbe ... Leuen ende laetan leuen, To liue and to let others liue. [Malynes, 1622]
To live it up "live gaily and extravagantly" is from 1903. To live up to "act in accordance with" is 1690s, from earlier live up "live on a high (moral or mental) level" (1680s). To live (something) down "outwear (some slander or embarrassment)" is from 1842. To live with "cohabit as husband and wife" is attested from 1749; sense of "to put up with" is attested from 1937. Expression live and learn is attested from c. 1620.
live (adj.)
1540s, "having life," later (1610s) "burning, glowing," a shortening of alive (q.v.). Sense of "containing unspent energy or power" (live ammunition, etc.) is from 1799. Meaning "in-person" (of performance) is first attested 1934. Live wire is attested from 1890; figurative sense of "active person" is from 1903.
雙語例句
1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
我們活著是為了什么？不就是給鄰居當(dāng)笑柄，再反過來笑他們。
來自《傲慢與偏見》
2. I will return, find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.
我會(huì)回去，找到你，愛你，娶你，活的光明正大。《贖罪》
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
3. I clearly empathize with the people who live in those neighborhoods.
我非常同情生活在那些地方的人們。
來自柯林斯例句
4. We don't live in the lap of luxury, but we're comfortable.
我們的生活雖然并非錦衣玉食，也算是衣食無憂。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Try to get a feeling for the people who live here.