alive

英 [ə'laɪv] 美 [ə'laɪv]

• adj. 活着的；有活力的；注意到的；热闹的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 活着,没死

   living, not dead

2. [P]有活力,活泼

   lively, active

3. [P]存在着,继续不断

   in existence, continuing

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 有生气的，有活力的
2. 敏感的，注意到的
3. 热闹的
4. 活着的，在世的
5. 充满的
6. 通着电流的
7. 活跃的，活泼的，情绪饱满的，激动兴奋的
8. 继续存在的
9. 意识到的，认识到的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. possessing life;

   "the happiest person alive"
   "the nerve is alive"
   "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"
   "burned alive"
   "a live canary"
   

2. (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit;

   "she was wonderfully alive for her age"
   "a face alive with mischief"
   

3. having life or vigor or spirit;

   "an animated and expressive face"
   "animated conversation"
   "became very animated when he heard the good news"
   

4. (followed by `to' or `of') aware of;

   "is alive to the moods of others"
   

5. in operation;

   "keep hope alive"
   "the tradition was still alive"
   "an active tradition"
   

6. mentally perceptive and responsive;

   "an alert mind"
   "alert to the problems"
   "alive to what is going on"
   "awake to the dangers of her situation"
   "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"
   

7. capable of erupting;

   "a live volcano"
   "the volcano is very much alive"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. She clung to the hope that her son was still alive.
   她始终抱着儿子还活着的希望。
2. Are your grandparents still alive?
   你的祖父母还在世吗？
3. Although he is eighty, he is still very much alive.
   他虽有八十岁了，但仍然充满了活力。
4. He is fully alive to the possible dangers.
   他充分注意到会有危险。
5. The city was all alive when he arrived.
   当他到达时，城里非常热闹。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

n. +～

1. He was the only one alive then.
   他是当时唯一活下来的人。
2. Thousands of Chinese miners, dead or alive , were thrown into the death pit by the Japanese fascists.
   数千名中国矿工,不管死的活的,统统被日本法西斯扔进万人坑里去了。
3. Who is the greatest man alive?
   谁是目前世界上最伟大的人物?

用作表语

S+be+～

1. The old man is still alive.
   那老人还活着。
2. Many great writers were not appreciated fully while they were alive.
   许多伟大的作家在世的时候并没有得到人们充分的赏识。
3. He accounted himself lucky to be alive.
   他认为自己能活着就是幸运。
4. You shall never want for money while I am alive.
   只要我活着,你不会缺钱花。
5. The elephant was still breathing, so we knew it was still alive.
   那头大象仍在呼吸,所以我们知道它仍然活着。
6. What a miracle!The rescue-party dug out from underneath the debris an infant who was intact and still alive!
   真是个奇迹!救援队从废墟中挖出一个婴儿,他竟然还活着,而且毫发无伤。
7. You can count up the great poets still alive , on the fingers of one hand.
   在世的大诗人屈指可数。
8. The plant is alive after all! There are new leaves growing out.
   这棵植物终归没死!它又长出了新叶。
9. Everyone looks alive.
   个个生气勃勃。
10. You seem very much alive today.
    你今天好像非常活跃。

S+be+～+ prep. -phrase

1. He is alive in every nerve.
   他浑身是劲。
2. He is alive to the feelings of humour.
   他很有幽默感。
3. Are you alive to what is going on?
   你意识到在发生什么事情吗？
4. The streets are alive with people.
   街上到处是人。
5. He is alive with fervor.
   他热情洋溢。
6. Her face was alive with laughter.
   她满面笑容。
7. The whole square was alive with singing and rejoicing.
   整个广场歌声嘹亮，喜气洋洋。

用作宾语补足语

S+V+O+～

1. Hunters could bring them back alive.
   猎人们能够把他们活着带回来。
2. They captured the enemy officer alive.
   他们活捉了敌人的军官。
3. The policeman has caught the murderer alive .
   警察已将凶手生擒。
4. I caught a bird alive in the tree.
   我在树上活捉了一只鸟。
5. The food he got could barely keep him alive .
   他弄到的食物勉强使他活下来。
6. The money will suffice to keep her alive.
   这些钱足以维持她的生活。
7. I kept my mental and critical faculties alive .
   我保持着敏锐的心智能力和评判能力。
8. The news of victory kept us alive in excitement.
   胜利的消息使我们兴奋。
9. Newspaper reports kept the story alive.
   报纸报道的这件事一直很吸引人。

经典引文

• Is my boysGod rest his soul!salive or dead?

  出自：Merchant of Venice , Shakespeare

• The most contented happy man alive.

  出自： Steele

• Why, bless my heart alive, my dear, how late you are!

  出自： Dickens

常用短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

alive and kicking

生气勃勃,精神饱满; 活泼,活跃 still living; in good health and active

alive to

对…注意到〔敏感〕aware of or responsive to sth

alive with

充满 full of

come alive

栩栩如生 be vivid; be lively

look alive

赶快,快些 hurry up; be brisk

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

动词+～

• catch alive 活捉
• come alive for the readers 使读者活跃起来
• return alive 生还

副词+～

• very much alive 非常活跃

～+介词

• alive through all one's being 全身有力
• alive to 对…有觉察,对…有感觉
• alive to one's own interests 关心自己的利益
• alive to pain 对痛敏感
• alive to the danger of 意识到…的危险性
• alive with 充满着…的
• alive with bees 蜜蜂纷飞
• alive with boats 船只来往繁忙
• alive with hope 充满希望

词语用法

1. alive属于表语形容词，不能说very alive，只能说much alive或very much alive（后者比前者使用更普遍），等同于alive的定语形容词是living或live；
2. the greatest poet alive和the greatest living poet表达方式均可，意思也相同，也可说the greatest poet living，不过不常用，最好是说the greatest poet now living。

adj. (形容词)

1. alive的基本意思是“活着”,指人〔动物〕还没有死,也可指某人〔动物〕“有活力,活泼”或某事〔物〕“存在着,继续不断”。
2. alive在句中主要用作表语,也可用作宾语补足语。一般不用在名词前作定语,偶尔用作定语时只能用在被修饰的名词之后。
3. alive不能用very修饰,但可以说much alive或very much alive。用very much比用much普遍。
4. alive后可跟介词with,也可接to,意思不同,前者的意思是“充满”; 后者的意思是“觉察到”“对…都一样”“感觉到”。
5. alive不用于比较等级。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

alive, live, living

• 这三个词共同意思是“活着的,活的”。其区别在于:
• 1.alive多用于人,与dead相对,指“还活着的”,着重于状态; living指没有死、消失,继续存在、活动或起着作用,可修饰人,也可修饰物; 而live指“活的; 真的”,只用于物。
• 2.alive只用作表语或后置定语; living既可用作定语,又可用作表语; 而live仅用作定语。例如：
• The mortally wounded man was unconscious but still alive.那个受了致命伤的人处于昏迷状态,可是还活着。
• He has never seen a live tiger.他从没见过一只活老虎。
• He is the greatest living poet.他是在世的最伟大的诗人。
• Shelly was still living雪莱还活着。

alive，live，living

• 这些形容词均有“活着的，活的”之意。
• alive其反义词为dead，指生命从奄奄一息到精力旺盛的各种状态。
• live通常作定语，指活生生的，生气勃勃的，还可表示现场直播的。
• living其反义词为dead，指包括人和动植物的生命没有消失、仍然存在的状态。

常见错误

adj. (形容词)

1. 一位敌军士兵被活捉。

   误 An enemy soldier was caught living.

   正 An enemy soldier was caught alive.

   析 “活捉”应译成catch alive,不可用living。

2. 对我们来说,活人比死人更重要。

   误 The alive are more important to us than the dead.

   正 The living are more important to us than the dead.

   析 表示“活着的人”须用the living,不可说the alive。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪进入英语，直接源自古英语的on life，意为充满活力的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• active
• alert
• animate
• awake
• breathing
• brisk
• cheerful
• eager
• living
• real
• vital

【反义词】

• dead
• lifeless