live on something
phrasal verb with live verb uk/lɪv/ us/lɪv/
(MONEY)
B2 依靠（…钱）生活
If you live on an amount of money, that is the money that you use to buy the things that you need.
We lived on very little when we first got married. 我们刚结婚的时候日子过得很紧。
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- I can live on my inheritance.
- The job provides enough to live on.
- His earnings aren't enough to live on.
- They live on the money they earn from growing tobacco.
- It's hard to imagine what these people live on.
(FOOD)
B2 靠（…食物）生存;只吃
to only eat a particular type of food
I more or less live on pasta. 我基本上只吃意大利面。
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- They live on a diet of maize.
- Our cat lives on chicken and milk.
- You can't live on chips.
- They live on fast food.
- They have to live on what they can grow themselves.