活
1、(形声。从水,昏(kuò)声。本义:流水声。用本义时读(guō))。
2、生存。与“死”相对。
不我活兮。---《诗·邶风·击鼓》
不可活。---《书·太甲》
民非水火不生活。---《孟子》
巫何活焉?---《楚辞·天问》
鱼在水里才能活;这个孩子只活三个月;活到高龄而且精力充沛;活头儿:生存的趣味。
3、救活。
臣活之。---《史记·项羽本纪》
活人:使人活,救活他人
活国:救国。
这孩子看上去半死不活的,真可怜。
The poor child looks more dead than alive.
他得了一种重病,活不长了。
He's got a terrible disease and will not live long.
这么少的工资让人怎么活呀?
How can anyone live on such a miserable wage?
我得告诉你,我干这活完全是个新手。
I should tell you, I'm completely new to this kind of work.
家务活做起来真是没完没了。
Housework is a never-ending task.
他们的房子有很多活要干。
There was a lot of work to do on their house.
我要是觉得冷就干不了活。
I can't work if I'm cold.
她没理他,继续干她的活。
She ignored him and carried on with her work.
医生说他只能活六个月了。
The doctors said he only had six months to live.
她卖给了我几只活龙虾。
She sold me a couple of live lobsters.
她不知道他是活还是死。
She does not know if he is alive or dead.
我们不知道他是死是活。
We don't know whether he's alive or dead.
我手忙脚乱地跑来跑去,想把家务活干完。
I rushed around manically, trying to finish the housework.
她的针线活做得很漂亮,而且还会绣餐巾。
She did beautiful needlework and she embroidered table napkins.
花园里有很多活要干。
There is plenty of work to be done in the garden.
他活不过今天夜里了。
He will not live through the night.
我做过许多年木工活。
I have done woodwork for many years.
我一干完活就回家了。
I went home directly I had finished work.
这种活你收多少钱?
What do you charge for work of this type?
这种活你收多少钱?
What do you charge for this type of work?
蛋白质分子构成了活细胞所有复杂的工作部件。
Protein molecules compose all the complex working parts of living cells.
他为了工作而活。
He lived for his work.
组装书橱应该是个简单的装配活。
Putting the bookcase together should be a simple assembly job.
尽管遭受重伤,他仍然活下来了。
He survived in spite of suffering grievous injuries.
她的母亲一直做所有的针线活。
Her mother had always done all the sewing.
她拼死拼活地爬到了她职业的顶峰。
She clawed her way to the top of her profession.
坦率地说,你的活干得糟透了。
To be blunt, your work is appalling.
她一直坐在5楼的窗户旁做编织活。
She had been sitting with her knitting at her fourth-floor window.
我趁孩子睡觉抽空干了一小时的活。
I got in an hour's work while the baby was asleep.
这次手术可使他多活两三年。
The operation could prolong his life by two or three years.