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基本解釋

Human children are “expensive” to raise, requiring years of parenting before they can survive on their own.
養(yǎng)育人類的孩子，代價(jià)高昂，在他們能夠獨(dú)立生存之前需要多年的養(yǎng)育。
A wide shot might best portray one desert, while a close-up of one plant struggling to survive on the side of a dune might best represent another.
描繪沙漠的全景時(shí)運(yùn)用廣角鏡頭是最合適的，而對(duì)沙丘一側(cè)頑強(qiáng)生存的植物的特寫(xiě)則表現(xiàn)出另一種物質(zhì)。
They are able to live in both wet and cold conditions partly because they move slowly and have a slow metabolism that allows them to survive on a minimal food supply.
這種在潮濕陰冷條件下生存的能力部分取決于它們緩慢的行動(dòng)能力和代謝能力，代謝緩慢意味著只需要很少的食物供應(yīng)就可以存活。

The painting shows a group of sailors struggling to survive on a floating raft after the sinking of their ship,the Medusa.
and they can't survive on that.
他們不可能只靠著這點(diǎn)兒工資過(guò)活。
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But it's possible,I suggested, that we really shouldn't focus on the question, what does it take for me to survive?
但我認(rèn)為，很可能，那根本不是我們應(yīng)該重視的問(wèn)題，比起討論我要存活下去需要什么條件？
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They live in the factory's dormitory, and survive on food deliveries brought in by boat.
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