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词汇 live-on-borrowed-time
语种 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译
释义

live on borrowed time


idiom
to continue living after a point at which you might easily have died: (大难未死)继续活着的一段时间,活过寿限
Since his cancer was diagnosed, he feels as if he's living on borrowed time.自从他的癌症确诊后,他感觉自己似乎是在苟延残喘。
to continue to exist longer than expected: 在预计期限之后继续存在,苟延残喘
It is unlikely that serious decisions will be made by a CEO living on borrowed time.重大决定是不大可能由一个苟延残喘的首席执行官做出的。
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stay alive
subsist

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