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单词 live on borrowed time
释义

live on borrowed time

idiom
tocontinuelivingafter apointat which you mighteasilyhavedied:
（大难未死）继续活着的一段时间，活过寿限
Since hiscancerwasdiagnosed, hefeelsas if he'slivingonborrowedtime.自从他的癌症确诊后，他感觉自己似乎是在苟延残喘。
tocontinuetoexistlongerthanexpected:
在预计期限之后继续存在，苟延残喘
It isunlikelythatseriousdecisionswill be made by aCEOlivingonborrowedtime.重大决定是不大可能由一个苟延残喘的首席执行官做出的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Life and living
  • alive
  • animate
  • borrow
  • cheat
  • cheat deathidiom
  • co-exist
  • cradle
  • hold
  • immortal
  • last out
  • life cycle
  • life expectancy
  • life form
  • life history
  • raise
  • raisesomeonefrom the deadidiom
  • revenant
  • social life
  • subsist
  • subsistence
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(Definition oflive on borrowed timefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
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