survival

noun

1. 生存；存活；幸存
   the state of continuing to live or exist, often despite difficulty or danger
   1. the struggle/battle/fight for survival
      为生存而斗争 / 战斗 / 拼搏
   2. His only chance of survival was a heart transplant.
      只有进行心脏移植，他才有望活下去。
   3. Exporting is necessary for our economic survival.
      必须有出口，才能维持我们的经济。
2. 残存物；幸存事物
   something that has continued to exist from an earlier time
   1. The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times.
      这种仪式是从公元前遗留下来的。

1. N-UNCOUNT 生存
   If you refer to the survival of something or someone, you mean that they manage to continue or exist in spite of difficult circumstances.
   1. ...companies which have been struggling for survival in the advancing recession...
      在日益萧条的经济环境中挣扎求生的各个公司
   2. Ask for the free booklet 'Debt: a Survival Guide'.
      可以索要免费小册子《债务：生存指南》。
2. N-UNCOUNT 幸存;存活
   If you refer to the survival of a person or living thing, you mean that they live through a dangerous situation in which it was possible that they might die.
   1. If cancers are spotted early there's a high chance of survival...
      如果癌症在早期发现的话，存活的几率会很高。
   2. An animal's sense of smell is still crucial to its survival.
      动物的嗅觉对其生存仍然至关重要。
3. 适者生存
   You can use the survival of the fittest to refer to a situation in which only the strongest people or things continue to live or be successful, while the others die or fail.

1. 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。
2. He mistakenly ascribes the expression 'survival of the fittest' to Charles Darwin.
   他错误地认为“适者生存”是查尔斯·达尔文说的。
3. The specialist who carried out the brain scan thought Tim's chances of survival were still slim
   给蒂姆做脑部扫描的专科医生认为他活下来的可能性仍旧渺茫。
4. They may hate what he does but their survival depends on him
   他们或许讨厌他的营生，但他们要想活下来必须依靠他。
5. The survival of the proteins depends on the way in which bones are fossilised.
   蛋白质是否存留取决于骨头被石化的方式。
6. His most celebrated work is the film classic, 'Woman in the Dunes,' a gritty look at survival in an extreme environment.
   他最负盛名的作品是经典影片《砂之女》，该片对极端环境下的艰难求生进行了逼真的刻画。
7. The name of the game is survival.
   重要的是活下去。
8. He owed his survival to his strength as a swimmer
   他是因为水性好才幸免于难的。
9. Yesterday's meeting was intended to plot a survival strategy for the party
   昨天的会议旨在制订使该党能够继续存在下去的策略。
10. Almost all young women who turn to prostitution do so as a means of survival.
    几乎所有从事卖淫的年轻女孩走这条路都是为了生存。
11. Life became a struggle for survival.
    生活成了一场奋力求生的斗争。
12. Ask for the free booklet 'Debt: a Survival Guide'.
    可以索要免费小册子《债务：生存指南》。
13. If cancers are spotted early there's a high chance of survival
    如果癌症在早期发现的话，存活的几率会很高。
14. An animal's sense of smell is still crucial to its survival.
    动物的嗅觉对其生存仍然至关重要。
15. I dare to hope that your heart will be touched by the tidings of my survival.
    我奢望你在听到我还活着的消息时心情会很激动。
16. With the changes in the world's climate, dinosaurs died, but many smaller animals lived on. It was the survival of the fittest.
    随着世界气候的变迁，恐龙绝迹了，但许多较小的动物却继续活了下来。这就是适者生存。
17. All animals have an instinct to seek survival.
    动物都有求生的本能。
18. All living beings are endowed with an instinct for survival.
    生物都有求生存的本能。
19. The old man was a survival of a past age.
    这位老人是上一代的遗老。
20. From then on, mother and daughter have depended on each other for survival.
    从此，母女俩相依为命。
21. Studies also suggest that aspirin can help with cancer prevention and survival.
    研究也表明阿司匹林可以帮助预防癌症和生存。
22. I'm not into politics. I'm into survival.
    我不从政了，我要生存。
23. This is a story about growth and survival.
    这是一个关于成长和生存的故事。
24. This is a necessary awakening – vital for the survival and sustainable development of mankind.
    这是一个必要的警醒&攸关人类的生存和永续发展。
25. The main place of human survival and the development is community.
    居住区是人类生存和发展的主要场所。
26. The coastal resources and environment are bases of survival and development for the residents.
    同时，海岸带资源和环境也是居民生存和发展的基础。
27. We depend on people and things for our physical well-being and survival;
    我们因为身体上的安康和生存而依赖人们和东西；

n.

the survival of the fittest

• 适者生存
  the principle that only the people or things that are best adapted to their surroundings will continue to exist

noun

1. something that survives

2. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

   Synonym:    survival of the fittestnatural selectionselection

3. a state of surviving

   Synonym:    endurance