★survive[sə'vaɪv]vt.由（某困境）生还；比（某人）活得久&vi.生存，留存。现将其用法介绍如下：

survive sth——熬过……

survive sb by +岁数——比某人多活若干岁

★实战演练：

Only half the passengers survived the shipwreck.

只有一半的乘客从那次船难生还。

The man's wife survived him by ten years.

这名男子的老婆比他多活了10年。

Three of the students died in the fire and one survived.

这些学生中有3人在大火中丧生，1人生还。

The custom still survives in certain societies.

这种习俗仍留存在某些社会。