survival是生存,幸存的名词形式,很少的情况下被用来指“存活下来的东西”(something that survives)。
例句:
He was told that he had a one in 500 chance of survival.
他被告知有五百分之一的生存机会。
Societies need to develop highly adaptive behavioural rules for survival.
社会需要发展具有高度适应性的`生存行为规则。
I'm a survivor. I'll get by
我挺过来了,我能应付下去。
Rafferty was the sole survivor from the successful Ireland team of 1988.
拉弗蒂是1988年红极一时的爱尔兰队硕果仅存的球员。
Exceptional patients have the ability to throw statistics aside to say, 'I can be a survivor'.
尽管统计数字凿凿,仍有个别病人能够做到将它抛在一边,相信自己可以活下来。