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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，代價高昂，在他們能夠獨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.
描繪沙漠的全景時運用廣角鏡頭是最合適的，而對沙丘一側頑強生存的植物的特寫則表現出另一種物質。
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能力和代謝能力，代謝緩慢意味著只需要很少的食物供應就可以存活。

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兒工資過活。
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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?
但我認為，很可能，那根本不是我們應該重視的問題，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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