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基本解释

Human children are “expensive” to raise, requiring years of parenting before they can survive on their own.
养育人类的孩子，代价高昂，在他们能够独立生存之前需要多年的养育。
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.
描绘沙漠的全景时运用广角镜头是最合适的，而对沙丘一侧顽强生存的植物的特写则表现出另一种物质。
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.
这种在潮湿阴冷条件下生存的能力部分取决于它们缓慢的行动能力和代谢能力，代谢缓慢意味着只需要很少的食物供应就可以存活。

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.
他们不可能只靠着这点儿工资过活。
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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?
但我认为，很可能，那根本不是我们应该重视的问题，比起讨论我要存活下去需要什么条件？
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They live in the factory's dormitory, and survive on food deliveries brought in by boat.
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