Definition of alive in English:

alive

adjective əˈlʌɪvəˈlaɪv

1predicative (of a person, animal, or plant) living, not dead.
（人，动植物）活的
hopes of finding anyone still alive were fading
找到生还者的希望越来越渺茫。
he was kept alive by a feeding tube
他靠输食管维持生命。
Example sentencesExamples
- I like to be reminded of the spring miracle, especially in the depth of winter, when the vibrantly alive trees look so dead.
- ‘His horses are alive and beautiful because they were in his soul,’ he once wrote.
- The dogs were still alive, and looked to be in their prime.
- Even when pigs are alive they aren't revered as the smartest animals.
- Most of us would accept that the cat is either alive or dead at a given time.
- How could I be so callous when the poor creature was still alive?
- Now, Mr. Gibbons' position is that all of those fossil species were alive at the same time on this planet.
- Leonard Tinkler showed them sheds containing three dead animals, including a decomposing cow whose calf was still alive in the same pen.
- There are thousands of animals and plants alive today that are no different from the way they appear in the fossil record!
- It would make no difference to Frank whether the creature was alive or dead.
- Now that the mouse is not alive, does its brain still work?
- We know that the embryo is alive, not dead or inanimate.
- Ensuring that the animals are worth more alive than dead may be their only shot at survival.
- A look at the distribution of the major groups of plants and animals alive today is instructive.
- Those lambs were still alive, but the ewes were dead.
- When the creature was alive, 94 million years ago, the area of the Sahara where its remains were found was very different from the way it appears now.
- I'd be happier if my house were still intact, my pictures of my kids and the rest of my belongings were safe, and my cat were still alive.
- He took a small comfort in knowing that the horse was alive.
- A police spokesman said: ‘The news that his dog was alive and had come home seems to have made all the difference.’
- It cannot be determined, however, whether those animals were alive or dead at the time of the bite.
Synonyms
living, live, having life, not dead
breathing, moving
vital, vigorous, flourishing, dynamic, energetic, functioning
animate, organic, biological, sentient
existing, existent
informal in the land of the living, among the living, alive and kicking
archaic quick
1. 1.1 Continuing in existence or use.
  仍被支持的；仍在使用的
  keeping hope alive
  保持希望。
  fortunately the old recipes are very much alive
  Example sentencesExamples
  Head of the Agriculture society, Wendy Lee Yuen said it was imperative that the sugar industry continues to say alive in a globalised world.
  Our forces do indeed continue to keep alive the flames of freedom in the world.
  Joe realises that younger people may find it difficult to realise why this sense of nostalgia is so important to him but he continues to try to keep the memory of bygone days alive.
  By attacking Russia, he realigned the board so that France could expect greater benefits from keeping Italy alive than from continuing the alliance with Germany.
  Argentina also had a policy of encouraging settlers and descendants of Welsh emigrants to Patagonia continue to keep alive Welsh culture there to this day.
  The cultural text remains alive and continues to speak in a discourse of oppression.
  Today, in Venezuela, the reputation generated by his work continues to keep his memory alive.
  They kept his memory alive by continuing to cook up The Recipe.
  Despite all that I have outlined, it should be recognised that science is still very much alive and will continue to have an important role to play in society.
  When that happens, keep hope alive by continuing to expect the best - even if it doesn't pan out.
  And embodied in all of this, central to all of this, is a tradition that you keep alive, that you continue, that you believe in - the hunt.
  Sometimes I think the only thing that keeps the Tory party alive is continuing to write its suicide note.
  As we grow and numbers increase it's going to be a big challenge to keep this alive especially across continents.
  Teams want to help keep Joel's memory alive by continuing his work, and the response really has been something else.
  An intense research spirit is still alive, if not continentally disseminated.
  Though members argue that the Press Club remains alive, it currently has no physical location.
  Mary's charity and holocaust survivor organizations are both doing something to keep the memories alive.
  Some girls even admit to enjoying the drama of keeping a story or incident alive by continuing to retell it, so it may never really be over.
  Nimba is seeking to keep the memory of Africa alive among immigrants from the continent.
  He also hopes shoppers will keep Cheam alive by supporting the local economy in the face of growing development.
  Synonyms
  active, existing, in existence, existent, extant, functioning, in operation, ongoing, going on, continuing, surviving, persisting, remaining, abiding
  prevalent, current, contemporary, present
  informal on the map, on the agenda
2predicative Alert and active; animated.
（人，动物）敏捷的；愉快活泼的
Ken comes alive when he hears his music played
肯听到演奏自己的音乐就活跃起来。
Example sentencesExamples
- Paradoxically, the librarian comes alive in his animated form.
- On stage he comes alive and places the audience under a spell; outside of it, he works fiercely with a number of charities and human rights organisations.
- Now, they have come alive, taken on familial roles and line up to fondle 20-day-old Mose.
- The river is where much of Southeast Asia comes alive, so expect to see children frolicking, men cormorant fishing and women washing and cooking in the shallows.
- Brown comes alive as he talks of the Romantic poets and their exploration of what it means to be British.
- The director used to say, ‘Oh God, the minute she gets that gun, she comes alive.’
- Edmonton certainly comes alive in June, July and August: three fabulous months chocked full of festival and music happenings.
- The actor really comes alive only when his character is victimizing.
- Billy comes alive and is able to relate meaningfully to others outside the town, in the surroundings of the moors and the sky.
- One actor in this film never comes alive, and the other seems too agonised and solemn for the role.
- Inevitably, she only really comes alive for her raunchy dance number.
- Seconds later the Ballyduff support really came alive as Jack Kennedy put his side into the lead for the first time.
- In such scenes the artiste's whole being comes alive as he pushes himself to get the maximum effect.
- Everyone comes alive as we start gathering up our stuff and the loadmasters stop to prepare to drop the ramp and unload our baggage palate.
- The town of Rokewood, about 47 km south west of Ballarat, comes alive this weekend as the Annual Rodeo begins.
- Ken comes alive in a theatre situation, and his wit and intelligence are a refreshing change to the mundane stand-up acts as he makes you see life through new eyes.
- On such a stark platform, it isn't until half a dozen songs in that the band really comes alive.
- He relaxes, and he comes alive - he turns on the charm.
- Coetzee has obviously immersed himself in his adoptive hometown, and the city comes alive in all its banal, suburban Australianness.
- He can appear distant, but show him a beautifully made shoe and he comes alive.
Synonyms
animated, lively, full of life, alert, active, energetic, vigorous, spry, sprightly, vital, vibrant, vivacious, buoyant, exuberant, ebullient, zestful, spirited, enthusiastic, eager, bouncy, bubbly, perky, sparkling
informal full of beans, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, bright and breezy, sparky, chirpy, chipper, peppy, full of vim and vigour, (still) going strong
North American informal peart
1. 2.1 Having interest and meaning.
  〈喻〉感兴趣的，有意义的
  we hope we will make history come alive for the children
  我们希望将历史鲜活地呈现在孩子们面前。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But when you are perched high atop it all, the beauty really comes alive.
  Thanks to superior recording, the event comes alive in all its majesty, although watching such a performance on the TV is never the same as the real thing.
  It was really interesting to watch the levels come alive as the team found better and smarter ways of doing things.
  Comedy only comes alive when it's performed so this was my apprenticeship.
  A wide range of subjects come alive on the canvas exhibited here.
  It's the kind of thing you read in those psychology textbooks and it comes alive for you, doesn't it?
  What could have been an important but dry history lesson in lesser hands comes alive in this vibrant exploration of the Black Church in Canada.
  Paris comes alive in this writer's pages in highly personal ways.
  In a rural ambience, the games come alive again.
  It is a gifted novelist, indeed, who can make ordinary events come alive, and who can interest the reader in ordinary, even dull, characters.
  The parents who had come to visit the school were equally appreciative of the effort the staff had made to make the day come alive for the children.
  Wildlife comes alive in the paintings of S. Vadivel.
  Only then can a story, and the ghosts, come alive.
  The weaving in her hands comes alive, binding into everything, coiling into the souls of men, tying the whole picture together.
  The screen comes alive when either the protagonist, or his worthy antagonist, are present.
  Scotland, all of five million strong, comes alive through Sue.
  And then you're writing, and after that it's just a matter of putting the words down in a way that makes the story come alive for someone else.
  Open air, under a darkening Delhi sky, is an extraordinarily effective setting in which to watch 200 years of history come alive.
  The channel did, after all, make northern Jersey come alive.
  The idea is that history should come alive for the pupils rather than them merely seeing or being told about things that happened from books.
3predicative Aware of and interested in; responsive to.
明白的，感兴趣的；做出响应的
she was always alive to new ideas
始终关注新思想。
Example sentencesExamples
- The respondent must have been alive to the possibility that a cyclist could come along.
- He has brought the saga alive to visitors and locals alike.
- Fortunately, for Dundee, Steven Tweed was alive to the danger and made a timely intervention to deny Parker a clear run on goal.
- It is because of this style that the young boy Maqbool easily comes alive to us.
- He was socially conscious in every sense, alive to the possibilities of celebrating what he found.
- Her addiction, she says, is studying people, alive to the way they look and move, wondering how she would paint them.
- As I say, Angell resists sentimentality, but he is alive to sentiment.
- In foreign affairs we have pursued our national interest robustly while remaining alive to the needs and interests of others.
- The nation is fully alive to the pressures that the world powers are exerting on his government
- As the players run onto the field, the stands come alive to the sound of cheers and support that echo across the river.
- As a journalist living in the most expensive city in the country, I am keenly alive to to the issue.
- At times he sounds like the great EB White, a gentle man consumed with the plight of the world but alive to the simple pleasures.
- Clonaslee came alive to the sound of music on Sunday June 2 as the annual festival got under way.
- For the second year in a row the North East Kilkenny landscape came alive to the sound of all things vintage.
- It is alive to the need for strong internal morale and discipline.
- She is also alive to the reality that a career in acting would be short-lived.
- This is an important work: very well researched, reflective, sharp in judgment yet alive to complexity.
- In your language, in your thought, be alive to the form of things.
- The Prime Minister is clearly alive to the danger of being seen as neglectful of his home front because he is too preoccupied with foreign affairs.
- Because of their slight outsiderishness they are alive to the social nuances in the American atmosphere.
Synonyms
alert to, awake to, aware of, sensitive to, conscious of, mindful of, heedful of, watchful of, responsive to
familiar with, cognizant of, apprised of, sensible of
informal wise to, hip to
4predicative Swarming or teeming with.
充满的，丰富的
in spring those cliffs are alive with auks and gulls
春天，那些悬崖上挤满了海鸦和海鸥。
Example sentencesExamples
- Few places are so alive with children smiling, laughing and throwing up in giant rotating teacups.
- In the sunlight, the steel surface comes alive with reflections, picking up the green of the surrounding grass.
- Only a person who has recently moved could have an office not fully furnished but alive with an air of enthusiasm.
- It was spanned by a hump-back bridge leading to a jungle path alive with the orchestrated hum of insects.
- At almost any time of the day, a casual stroll through these public areas will reveal them to be alive with activity.
- It's a dreary beach, too: no real surf and mounds of weed lie rotting and stinking, alive with flies.
- The huge screen in a corner came alive with live action straight from the South Korean capital, Seoul.
- The village was alive with colour and music - which continued into the early hours.
- The massive bronze doors are alive with figures representing almost every facet of human experience and emotion.
- Shop windows are alive with colourful summer clothing and the summer holidays will be with us sooner than we can imagine.
- In many homes today kitchens and bathrooms are alive with chrome and stainless steel accessories.
- The town will be alive with an abundance of colour and plenty of entertainment for all the family.
- The blackcurrant bush is alive with the wings and chirps of greedy blackbirds gorging themselves.
- Some moments are startling; when you see one of their faces come alive with an emotion, you almost forget.
- In his head, Stewart plunged down hurtling depths and into inky water alive with worms and bones.
- This is a beautiful album and interesting concept, alive with energy and cultural diversity.
- The format of this book is alive with visuals and packed with persuasive language.
- The field was alive with activity as the many livestock contests took place.
- The main street was alive with colour as the schoolchildren waved their flags and greeted the visitors.
- Obscure slices of history and allegories abound and every spot comes alive with some parable or other.
Synonyms
teeming, swarming, thronged, overflowing, overrun, bristling, bustling, rife, infested, thick, crowded, packed
full of, abounding in
informal crawling, lousy, hopping, stuffed, jam-packed, chock-a-block, chock-full of, buzzing, jumping
Scottish hoaching, hotching
rare pullulating

Phrases

alive and kicking

informal Prevalent and very active.
〈非正式〉盛行的；活跃的
bigotry is still alive and kicking
偏见依然盛行。
Example sentencesExamples
- Now in his 60s, Clough is very much alive and kicking, as alert and acerbic as ever, and still with a myriad of views to express on any subject you care to mention.
- The nurse simply laughed at this, observing that I was indeed alive and kicking, and simply moved on to the next passenger.
- On the contrary, their availability in computer stores everywhere tells us that it remains alive and kicking.
- Windsurfers may be a dying breed in the United States, but the sport is alive and kicking on the Italian Riviera.
- Not receiving any response to a knock on the door, the employee let himself in the room in an effort to determine if she was alive and kicking.
- Democracy, we are invited to believe, is alive and kicking.
- It needs a demonstration that it is alive and kicking.
- All in all, Teddy Hall were deserving winners but with sailing at all levels of the University alive and kicking, they'll have to fight to keep the cup next year.
- Laois were very much alive and kicking and all other pretenders to the crown sat up and took notice after a superb performance at O'Moore Park.
- History was alive and kicking on Saturday when around 100 people brought their archaeological finds to Westbury Visitor Centre.
- IT seems community spirit is alive and kicking in Swindon.
- Already, despite a hefty 40 per cent tariff, foreign competition is alive and kicking.
- The message appeared to be clear: in 2004, racial tension in Australia was alive and kicking.
- Neither can he recall the age of his mother's mother who is still alive and kicking in Christchurch today at the grand age of 77 or 78.
- The staff Christmas party is still alive and kicking, too.
- This was late 1986, and Doolin's music scene was alive and kicking.
- People have been forecasting that for a long time and could I tell you they're still very much alive and kicking.
- But the event proved in great style that British brewing is very much alive and kicking.
- In the desolate reaches of Africa, the real thrill of hunting a leopard and an elephant is alive and kicking.
- Post-revolution, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that Romanian rugby was alive and kicking.
Synonyms
living, live, having life, not dead

alive and well

Still existing or active (often used to deny rumours or beliefs that something has disappeared or declined)
仍然存在的；依然活跃的（常用来否定某事物已经消失或衰退的传闻或看法）
the sports car industry is alive and well
跑车业仍然很兴旺。
Example sentencesExamples
- It is alive and well in today's Glasgow via the services of the Catholic Church.
- Missing student Vicky Stephenson was today found alive and well in Dublin.
- Apparently the law of unintended consequences is alive and well in the pawn industry.
- But in one of the few good news stories to emerge from the tragedy, the couple were later found to be alive and well.
- I would like to think that that spirit is still alive and well in the company today.
- Heritage in Abbeyleix is alive and well and Abbeyleix Heritage House is now in a safe pair of hands.
- The trend from the extreme left to extreme right, so obvious today, was alive and well then.
- Forget the market reaction to the interim banking profits so far, the industry is alive and well.
- He may have disappeared from British politics, but the former Prime Minister is alive and well and ruling Australia.
- Democracy is alive and well in Canada as thousands were able to express their opposition to this policy.
- After almost disappearing from the linguistic map, Galician is now alive and well.
- Police called off an intensive search after a woman missing from Warminster was found alive and well in Somerset.
- It's nice to know that street entertainment is alive and well in York.
- Is this something I could live without and still remain alive and well?
- The sex industry is alive and well, and nothing anyone has done has managed to change that.
- This case clearly demonstrates that the legal fiction is alive and well today.
- It is encouraging to see that Saskatchewan's progressive tradition is alive and well.
- But her family in Bonnybridge confirmed last week that she was alive and well.
- Calgary's first beer festival is not only alive and well, but getting bigger and better.
- Contrary to popular belief, the commercial sex scene is alive and well in Singapore.

Derivatives

aliveness

noun

I mean it in the concrete sense that is used in everyday life, the sense of soul, feeling, connectedness, inspiration, and aliveness.
Example sentencesExamples
- But throughout the book the occasional faults matter little against the poetry's terrible aliveness.
- Authentic choices and actions bring forth spirit: the energy that gives courage, passion, vitality, intensity, and aliveness to our existence.
- That sense of aliveness isn't there when you read the text, and seeing the performance will be much more engaging.
- Mauri is the unique life-force, the vitality, source and essential energy that drives existence, aliveness and being.

Origin

Old English on līfe, literally 'in life'.

live from Old English:
In the sense ‘to be alive’, live goes back to the same root as life. The other live, with a different pronunciation, is a mid16th-century shortening of alive (Old English). The proverb live and let live is identified as Dutch in the earliest known reference, from 1622. Live and Let Die, the 1954 James Bond book, filmed in 1973, subverted it. The rhyme ‘He who fights and runs away / Lives to fight another day’ gives us the phrase live to fight another day. The idea is found in the works of the Greek comic playwright Menander, who lived from around 342 to 292 bc.

Rhymes

arrive, chive, Clive, connive, contrive, deprive, dive, drive, five, gyve, hive, I've, jive, live, MI5, revive, rive, shrive, skive, strive, survive, swive, thrive

Definition of alive in US English:

alive

adjectiveəˈlaɪvəˈlīv

1(of a person, animal, or plant) living, not dead.
（人，动植物）活的
hopes of finding anyone still alive were fading
找到生还者的希望越来越渺茫。
he was kept alive by a feeding-tube
他靠输食管维持生命。
Example sentencesExamples
- We know that the embryo is alive, not dead or inanimate.
- When the creature was alive, 94 million years ago, the area of the Sahara where its remains were found was very different from the way it appears now.
- There are thousands of animals and plants alive today that are no different from the way they appear in the fossil record!
- Most of us would accept that the cat is either alive or dead at a given time.
- I'd be happier if my house were still intact, my pictures of my kids and the rest of my belongings were safe, and my cat were still alive.
- Now that the mouse is not alive, does its brain still work?
- Ensuring that the animals are worth more alive than dead may be their only shot at survival.
- The dogs were still alive, and looked to be in their prime.
- I like to be reminded of the spring miracle, especially in the depth of winter, when the vibrantly alive trees look so dead.
- It cannot be determined, however, whether those animals were alive or dead at the time of the bite.
- Leonard Tinkler showed them sheds containing three dead animals, including a decomposing cow whose calf was still alive in the same pen.
- It would make no difference to Frank whether the creature was alive or dead.
- Those lambs were still alive, but the ewes were dead.
- A police spokesman said: ‘The news that his dog was alive and had come home seems to have made all the difference.’
- ‘His horses are alive and beautiful because they were in his soul,’ he once wrote.
- Now, Mr. Gibbons' position is that all of those fossil species were alive at the same time on this planet.
- Even when pigs are alive they aren't revered as the smartest animals.
- How could I be so callous when the poor creature was still alive?
- A look at the distribution of the major groups of plants and animals alive today is instructive.
- He took a small comfort in knowing that the horse was alive.
Synonyms
living, live, having life, not dead
1. 1.1 Continuing in existence or use.
  仍被支持的；仍在使用的
  keeping hope alive
  保持希望。
  militarism was kept alive by pure superstition
  军国主义靠纯粹的迷信而仍被支持着。
  Example sentencesExamples
  An intense research spirit is still alive, if not continentally disseminated.
  Joe realises that younger people may find it difficult to realise why this sense of nostalgia is so important to him but he continues to try to keep the memory of bygone days alive.
  Nimba is seeking to keep the memory of Africa alive among immigrants from the continent.
  And embodied in all of this, central to all of this, is a tradition that you keep alive, that you continue, that you believe in - the hunt.
  Sometimes I think the only thing that keeps the Tory party alive is continuing to write its suicide note.
  Some girls even admit to enjoying the drama of keeping a story or incident alive by continuing to retell it, so it may never really be over.
  Mary's charity and holocaust survivor organizations are both doing something to keep the memories alive.
  Though members argue that the Press Club remains alive, it currently has no physical location.
  Argentina also had a policy of encouraging settlers and descendants of Welsh emigrants to Patagonia continue to keep alive Welsh culture there to this day.
  Despite all that I have outlined, it should be recognised that science is still very much alive and will continue to have an important role to play in society.
  The cultural text remains alive and continues to speak in a discourse of oppression.
  When that happens, keep hope alive by continuing to expect the best - even if it doesn't pan out.
  They kept his memory alive by continuing to cook up The Recipe.
  Teams want to help keep Joel's memory alive by continuing his work, and the response really has been something else.
  He also hopes shoppers will keep Cheam alive by supporting the local economy in the face of growing development.
  Head of the Agriculture society, Wendy Lee Yuen said it was imperative that the sugar industry continues to say alive in a globalised world.
  Today, in Venezuela, the reputation generated by his work continues to keep his memory alive.
  As we grow and numbers increase it's going to be a big challenge to keep this alive especially across continents.
  Our forces do indeed continue to keep alive the flames of freedom in the world.
  By attacking Russia, he realigned the board so that France could expect greater benefits from keeping Italy alive than from continuing the alliance with Germany.
  Synonyms
  active, existing, in existence, existent, extant, functioning, in operation, ongoing, going on, continuing, surviving, persisting, remaining, abiding
2(of a person or animal) alert and active; animated.
（人，动物）敏捷的；愉快活泼的
Ken comes alive when he hears his music played
肯听到演奏自己的音乐就活跃起来。
Example sentencesExamples
- One actor in this film never comes alive, and the other seems too agonised and solemn for the role.
- Now, they have come alive, taken on familial roles and line up to fondle 20-day-old Mose.
- Coetzee has obviously immersed himself in his adoptive hometown, and the city comes alive in all its banal, suburban Australianness.
- Inevitably, she only really comes alive for her raunchy dance number.
- He relaxes, and he comes alive - he turns on the charm.
- Edmonton certainly comes alive in June, July and August: three fabulous months chocked full of festival and music happenings.
- The river is where much of Southeast Asia comes alive, so expect to see children frolicking, men cormorant fishing and women washing and cooking in the shallows.
- In such scenes the artiste's whole being comes alive as he pushes himself to get the maximum effect.
- He can appear distant, but show him a beautifully made shoe and he comes alive.
- Paradoxically, the librarian comes alive in his animated form.
- Billy comes alive and is able to relate meaningfully to others outside the town, in the surroundings of the moors and the sky.
- Ken comes alive in a theatre situation, and his wit and intelligence are a refreshing change to the mundane stand-up acts as he makes you see life through new eyes.
- The actor really comes alive only when his character is victimizing.
- Everyone comes alive as we start gathering up our stuff and the loadmasters stop to prepare to drop the ramp and unload our baggage palate.
- The town of Rokewood, about 47 km south west of Ballarat, comes alive this weekend as the Annual Rodeo begins.
- Seconds later the Ballyduff support really came alive as Jack Kennedy put his side into the lead for the first time.
- Brown comes alive as he talks of the Romantic poets and their exploration of what it means to be British.
- On stage he comes alive and places the audience under a spell; outside of it, he works fiercely with a number of charities and human rights organisations.
- On such a stark platform, it isn't until half a dozen songs in that the band really comes alive.
- The director used to say, ‘Oh God, the minute she gets that gun, she comes alive.’
Synonyms
animated, lively, full of life, alert, active, energetic, vigorous, spry, sprightly, vital, vibrant, vivacious, buoyant, exuberant, ebullient, zestful, spirited, enthusiastic, eager, bouncy, bubbly, perky, sparkling
1. 2.1 Having interest and meaning.
  〈喻〉感兴趣的，有意义的
  we hope we will make history come alive for the children
  我们希望将历史鲜活地呈现在孩子们面前。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What could have been an important but dry history lesson in lesser hands comes alive in this vibrant exploration of the Black Church in Canada.
  Scotland, all of five million strong, comes alive through Sue.
  The idea is that history should come alive for the pupils rather than them merely seeing or being told about things that happened from books.
  The channel did, after all, make northern Jersey come alive.
  It is a gifted novelist, indeed, who can make ordinary events come alive, and who can interest the reader in ordinary, even dull, characters.
  It was really interesting to watch the levels come alive as the team found better and smarter ways of doing things.
  The screen comes alive when either the protagonist, or his worthy antagonist, are present.
  And then you're writing, and after that it's just a matter of putting the words down in a way that makes the story come alive for someone else.
  But when you are perched high atop it all, the beauty really comes alive.
  Thanks to superior recording, the event comes alive in all its majesty, although watching such a performance on the TV is never the same as the real thing.
  The parents who had come to visit the school were equally appreciative of the effort the staff had made to make the day come alive for the children.
  Only then can a story, and the ghosts, come alive.
  Paris comes alive in this writer's pages in highly personal ways.
  In a rural ambience, the games come alive again.
  Comedy only comes alive when it's performed so this was my apprenticeship.
  It's the kind of thing you read in those psychology textbooks and it comes alive for you, doesn't it?
  The weaving in her hands comes alive, binding into everything, coiling into the souls of men, tying the whole picture together.
  A wide range of subjects come alive on the canvas exhibited here.
  Wildlife comes alive in the paintings of S. Vadivel.
  Open air, under a darkening Delhi sky, is an extraordinarily effective setting in which to watch 200 years of history come alive.
3alive toAware of and interested in; responsive to.
明白的，感兴趣的；做出响应的
always alive to new ideas
始终关注新思想。
Example sentencesExamples
- It is because of this style that the young boy Maqbool easily comes alive to us.
- Because of their slight outsiderishness they are alive to the social nuances in the American atmosphere.
- In foreign affairs we have pursued our national interest robustly while remaining alive to the needs and interests of others.
- As a journalist living in the most expensive city in the country, I am keenly alive to to the issue.
- She is also alive to the reality that a career in acting would be short-lived.
- As the players run onto the field, the stands come alive to the sound of cheers and support that echo across the river.
- In your language, in your thought, be alive to the form of things.
- The Prime Minister is clearly alive to the danger of being seen as neglectful of his home front because he is too preoccupied with foreign affairs.
- Her addiction, she says, is studying people, alive to the way they look and move, wondering how she would paint them.
- He has brought the saga alive to visitors and locals alike.
- He was socially conscious in every sense, alive to the possibilities of celebrating what he found.
- Fortunately, for Dundee, Steven Tweed was alive to the danger and made a timely intervention to deny Parker a clear run on goal.
- As I say, Angell resists sentimentality, but he is alive to sentiment.
- For the second year in a row the North East Kilkenny landscape came alive to the sound of all things vintage.
- It is alive to the need for strong internal morale and discipline.
- The nation is fully alive to the pressures that the world powers are exerting on his government
- At times he sounds like the great EB White, a gentle man consumed with the plight of the world but alive to the simple pleasures.
- The respondent must have been alive to the possibility that a cyclist could come along.
- Clonaslee came alive to the sound of music on Sunday June 2 as the annual festival got under way.
- This is an important work: very well researched, reflective, sharp in judgment yet alive to complexity.
Synonyms
alert to, awake to, aware of, sensitive to, conscious of, mindful of, heedful of, watchful of, responsive to
4alive withSwarming or teeming with.
充满的，丰富的
in spring those cliffs are alive with auks and gulls
春天，那些悬崖上挤满了海鸦和海鸥。
Example sentencesExamples
- Some moments are startling; when you see one of their faces come alive with an emotion, you almost forget.
- Obscure slices of history and allegories abound and every spot comes alive with some parable or other.
- The huge screen in a corner came alive with live action straight from the South Korean capital, Seoul.
- The town will be alive with an abundance of colour and plenty of entertainment for all the family.
- The main street was alive with colour as the schoolchildren waved their flags and greeted the visitors.
- Shop windows are alive with colourful summer clothing and the summer holidays will be with us sooner than we can imagine.
- It's a dreary beach, too: no real surf and mounds of weed lie rotting and stinking, alive with flies.
- The format of this book is alive with visuals and packed with persuasive language.
- It was spanned by a hump-back bridge leading to a jungle path alive with the orchestrated hum of insects.
- At almost any time of the day, a casual stroll through these public areas will reveal them to be alive with activity.
- The massive bronze doors are alive with figures representing almost every facet of human experience and emotion.
- This is a beautiful album and interesting concept, alive with energy and cultural diversity.
- Few places are so alive with children smiling, laughing and throwing up in giant rotating teacups.
- Only a person who has recently moved could have an office not fully furnished but alive with an air of enthusiasm.
- In many homes today kitchens and bathrooms are alive with chrome and stainless steel accessories.
- The village was alive with colour and music - which continued into the early hours.
- The blackcurrant bush is alive with the wings and chirps of greedy blackbirds gorging themselves.
- The field was alive with activity as the many livestock contests took place.
- In his head, Stewart plunged down hurtling depths and into inky water alive with worms and bones.
- In the sunlight, the steel surface comes alive with reflections, picking up the green of the surrounding grass.
Synonyms
teeming, swarming, thronged, overflowing, overrun, bristling, bustling, rife, infested, thick, crowded, packed

Phrases

alive and kicking

informal Prevalent and very active.
〈非正式〉盛行的；活跃的
bigotry is still alive and kicking
偏见依然盛行。
Example sentencesExamples
- In the desolate reaches of Africa, the real thrill of hunting a leopard and an elephant is alive and kicking.
- The staff Christmas party is still alive and kicking, too.
- This was late 1986, and Doolin's music scene was alive and kicking.
- Post-revolution, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that Romanian rugby was alive and kicking.
- IT seems community spirit is alive and kicking in Swindon.
- Now in his 60s, Clough is very much alive and kicking, as alert and acerbic as ever, and still with a myriad of views to express on any subject you care to mention.
- People have been forecasting that for a long time and could I tell you they're still very much alive and kicking.
- Not receiving any response to a knock on the door, the employee let himself in the room in an effort to determine if she was alive and kicking.
- Already, despite a hefty 40 per cent tariff, foreign competition is alive and kicking.
- It needs a demonstration that it is alive and kicking.
- Democracy, we are invited to believe, is alive and kicking.
- All in all, Teddy Hall were deserving winners but with sailing at all levels of the University alive and kicking, they'll have to fight to keep the cup next year.
- The message appeared to be clear: in 2004, racial tension in Australia was alive and kicking.
- On the contrary, their availability in computer stores everywhere tells us that it remains alive and kicking.
- History was alive and kicking on Saturday when around 100 people brought their archaeological finds to Westbury Visitor Centre.
- Laois were very much alive and kicking and all other pretenders to the crown sat up and took notice after a superb performance at O'Moore Park.
- Neither can he recall the age of his mother's mother who is still alive and kicking in Christchurch today at the grand age of 77 or 78.
- Windsurfers may be a dying breed in the United States, but the sport is alive and kicking on the Italian Riviera.
- But the event proved in great style that British brewing is very much alive and kicking.
- The nurse simply laughed at this, observing that I was indeed alive and kicking, and simply moved on to the next passenger.
Synonyms
living, live, having life, not dead

alive and well

Still existing or active (often used to deny rumors or beliefs that something has disappeared or declined)
仍然存在的；依然活跃的（常用来否定某事物已经消失或衰退的传闻或看法）
Jefferson's ideas are alive and well today in Washington
Example sentencesExamples
- This case clearly demonstrates that the legal fiction is alive and well today.
- I would like to think that that spirit is still alive and well in the company today.
- He may have disappeared from British politics, but the former Prime Minister is alive and well and ruling Australia.
- The trend from the extreme left to extreme right, so obvious today, was alive and well then.
- Apparently the law of unintended consequences is alive and well in the pawn industry.
- It's nice to know that street entertainment is alive and well in York.
- It is alive and well in today's Glasgow via the services of the Catholic Church.
- But her family in Bonnybridge confirmed last week that she was alive and well.
- Contrary to popular belief, the commercial sex scene is alive and well in Singapore.
- Missing student Vicky Stephenson was today found alive and well in Dublin.
- Police called off an intensive search after a woman missing from Warminster was found alive and well in Somerset.
- Heritage in Abbeyleix is alive and well and Abbeyleix Heritage House is now in a safe pair of hands.
- Calgary's first beer festival is not only alive and well, but getting bigger and better.
- After almost disappearing from the linguistic map, Galician is now alive and well.
- It is encouraging to see that Saskatchewan's progressive tradition is alive and well.
- Is this something I could live without and still remain alive and well?
- But in one of the few good news stories to emerge from the tragedy, the couple were later found to be alive and well.
- Forget the market reaction to the interim banking profits so far, the industry is alive and well.
- The sex industry is alive and well, and nothing anyone has done has managed to change that.
- Democracy is alive and well in Canada as thousands were able to express their opposition to this policy.

Origin

Old English on līfe, literally ‘in life’.

词汇	alive
释义	Definition of alive in English: alive adjective əˈlʌɪvəˈlaɪv 1predicative (of a person, animal, or plant) living, not dead. （人，动植物）活的 hopes of finding anyone still alive were fading 找到生还者的希望越来越渺茫。 he was kept alive by a feeding tube 他靠输食管维持生命。 Example sentencesExamples I like to be reminded of the spring miracle, especially in the depth of winter, when the vibrantly alive trees look so dead. ‘His horses are alive and beautiful because they were in his soul,’ he once wrote. The dogs were still alive, and looked to be in their prime. Even when pigs are alive they aren't revered as the smartest animals. Most of us would accept that the cat is either alive or dead at a given time. How could I be so callous when the poor creature was still alive? Now, Mr. Gibbons' position is that all of those fossil species were alive at the same time on this planet. Leonard Tinkler showed them sheds containing three dead animals, including a decomposing cow whose calf was still alive in the same pen. There are thousands of animals and plants alive today that are no different from the way they appear in the fossil record! It would make no difference to Frank whether the creature was alive or dead. Now that the mouse is not alive, does its brain still work? We know that the embryo is alive, not dead or inanimate. Ensuring that the animals are worth more alive than dead may be their only shot at survival. A look at the distribution of the major groups of plants and animals alive today is instructive. Those lambs were still alive, but the ewes were dead. When the creature was alive, 94 million years ago, the area of the Sahara where its remains were found was very different from the way it appears now. I'd be happier if my house were still intact, my pictures of my kids and the rest of my belongings were safe, and my cat were still alive. He took a small comfort in knowing that the horse was alive. A police spokesman said: ‘The news that his dog was alive and had come home seems to have made all the difference.’ It cannot be determined, however, whether those animals were alive or dead at the time of the bite. Synonyms living, live, having life, not dead breathing, moving vital, vigorous, flourishing, dynamic, energetic, functioning animate, organic, biological, sentient existing, existent informal in the land of the living, among the living, alive and kicking archaic quick 1.1 Continuing in existence or use. 仍被支持的；仍在使用的 keeping hope alive 保持希望。 fortunately the old recipes are very much alive Example sentencesExamples Head of the Agriculture society, Wendy Lee Yuen said it was imperative that the sugar industry continues to say alive in a globalised world. Our forces do indeed continue to keep alive the flames of freedom in the world. Joe realises that younger people may find it difficult to realise why this sense of nostalgia is so important to him but he continues to try to keep the memory of bygone days alive. By attacking Russia, he realigned the board so that France could expect greater benefits from keeping Italy alive than from continuing the alliance with Germany. Argentina also had a policy of encouraging settlers and descendants of Welsh emigrants to Patagonia continue to keep alive Welsh culture there to this day. The cultural text remains alive and continues to speak in a discourse of oppression. Today, in Venezuela, the reputation generated by his work continues to keep his memory alive. They kept his memory alive by continuing to cook up The Recipe. Despite all that I have outlined, it should be recognised that science is still very much alive and will continue to have an important role to play in society. When that happens, keep hope alive by continuing to expect the best - even if it doesn't pan out. And embodied in all of this, central to all of this, is a tradition that you keep alive, that you continue, that you believe in - the hunt. Sometimes I think the only thing that keeps the Tory party alive is continuing to write its suicide note. As we grow and numbers increase it's going to be a big challenge to keep this alive especially across continents. Teams want to help keep Joel's memory alive by continuing his work, and the response really has been something else. An intense research spirit is still alive, if not continentally disseminated. Though members argue that the Press Club remains alive, it currently has no physical location. Mary's charity and holocaust survivor organizations are both doing something to keep the memories alive. Some girls even admit to enjoying the drama of keeping a story or incident alive by continuing to retell it, so it may never really be over. Nimba is seeking to keep the memory of Africa alive among immigrants from the continent. He also hopes shoppers will keep Cheam alive by supporting the local economy in the face of growing development. Synonyms active, existing, in existence, existent, extant, functioning, in operation, ongoing, going on, continuing, surviving, persisting, remaining, abiding prevalent, current, contemporary, present informal on the map, on the agenda 2predicative Alert and active; animated. （人，动物）敏捷的；愉快活泼的 Ken comes alive when he hears his music played 肯听到演奏自己的音乐就活跃起来。 Example sentencesExamples Paradoxically, the librarian comes alive in his animated form. On stage he comes alive and places the audience under a spell; outside of it, he works fiercely with a number of charities and human rights organisations. Now, they have come alive, taken on familial roles and line up to fondle 20-day-old Mose. The river is where much of Southeast Asia comes alive, so expect to see children frolicking, men cormorant fishing and women washing and cooking in the shallows. Brown comes alive as he talks of the Romantic poets and their exploration of what it means to be British. The director used to say, ‘Oh God, the minute she gets that gun, she comes alive.’ Edmonton certainly comes alive in June, July and August: three fabulous months chocked full of festival and music happenings. The actor really comes alive only when his character is victimizing. Billy comes alive and is able to relate meaningfully to others outside the town, in the surroundings of the moors and the sky. One actor in this film never comes alive, and the other seems too agonised and solemn for the role. Inevitably, she only really comes alive for her raunchy dance number. Seconds later the Ballyduff support really came alive as Jack Kennedy put his side into the lead for the first time. In such scenes the artiste's whole being comes alive as he pushes himself to get the maximum effect. Everyone comes alive as we start gathering up our stuff and the loadmasters stop to prepare to drop the ramp and unload our baggage palate. The town of Rokewood, about 47 km south west of Ballarat, comes alive this weekend as the Annual Rodeo begins. Ken comes alive in a theatre situation, and his wit and intelligence are a refreshing change to the mundane stand-up acts as he makes you see life through new eyes. On such a stark platform, it isn't until half a dozen songs in that the band really comes alive. He relaxes, and he comes alive - he turns on the charm. Coetzee has obviously immersed himself in his adoptive hometown, and the city comes alive in all its banal, suburban Australianness. He can appear distant, but show him a beautifully made shoe and he comes alive. Synonyms animated, lively, full of life, alert, active, energetic, vigorous, spry, sprightly, vital, vibrant, vivacious, buoyant, exuberant, ebullient, zestful, spirited, enthusiastic, eager, bouncy, bubbly, perky, sparkling informal full of beans, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, bright and breezy, sparky, chirpy, chipper, peppy, full of vim and vigour, (still) going strong North American informal peart 2.1 Having interest and meaning. 〈喻〉感兴趣的，有意义的 we hope we will make history come alive for the children 我们希望将历史鲜活地呈现在孩子们面前。 Example sentencesExamples But when you are perched high atop it all, the beauty really comes alive. Thanks to superior recording, the event comes alive in all its majesty, although watching such a performance on the TV is never the same as the real thing. It was really interesting to watch the levels come alive as the team found better and smarter ways of doing things. Comedy only comes alive when it's performed so this was my apprenticeship. A wide range of subjects come alive on the canvas exhibited here. It's the kind of thing you read in those psychology textbooks and it comes alive for you, doesn't it? What could have been an important but dry history lesson in lesser hands comes alive in this vibrant exploration of the Black Church in Canada. Paris comes alive in this writer's pages in highly personal ways. In a rural ambience, the games come alive again. It is a gifted novelist, indeed, who can make ordinary events come alive, and who can interest the reader in ordinary, even dull, characters. The parents who had come to visit the school were equally appreciative of the effort the staff had made to make the day come alive for the children. Wildlife comes alive in the paintings of S. Vadivel. Only then can a story, and the ghosts, come alive. The weaving in her hands comes alive, binding into everything, coiling into the souls of men, tying the whole picture together. The screen comes alive when either the protagonist, or his worthy antagonist, are present. Scotland, all of five million strong, comes alive through Sue. And then you're writing, and after that it's just a matter of putting the words down in a way that makes the story come alive for someone else. Open air, under a darkening Delhi sky, is an extraordinarily effective setting in which to watch 200 years of history come alive. The channel did, after all, make northern Jersey come alive. The idea is that history should come alive for the pupils rather than them merely seeing or being told about things that happened from books. 3predicative Aware of and interested in; responsive to. 明白的，感兴趣的；做出响应的 she was always alive to new ideas 始终关注新思想。 Example sentencesExamples The respondent must have been alive to the possibility that a cyclist could come along. He has brought the saga alive to visitors and locals alike. Fortunately, for Dundee, Steven Tweed was alive to the danger and made a timely intervention to deny Parker a clear run on goal. It is because of this style that the young boy Maqbool easily comes alive to us. He was socially conscious in every sense, alive to the possibilities of celebrating what he found. Her addiction, she says, is studying people, alive to the way they look and move, wondering how she would paint them. As I say, Angell resists sentimentality, but he is alive to sentiment. In foreign affairs we have pursued our national interest robustly while remaining alive to the needs and interests of others. The nation is fully alive to the pressures that the world powers are exerting on his government As the players run onto the field, the stands come alive to the sound of cheers and support that echo across the river. As a journalist living in the most expensive city in the country, I am keenly alive to to the issue. At times he sounds like the great EB White, a gentle man consumed with the plight of the world but alive to the simple pleasures. Clonaslee came alive to the sound of music on Sunday June 2 as the annual festival got under way. For the second year in a row the North East Kilkenny landscape came alive to the sound of all things vintage. It is alive to the need for strong internal morale and discipline. She is also alive to the reality that a career in acting would be short-lived. This is an important work: very well researched, reflective, sharp in judgment yet alive to complexity. In your language, in your thought, be alive to the form of things. The Prime Minister is clearly alive to the danger of being seen as neglectful of his home front because he is too preoccupied with foreign affairs. Because of their slight outsiderishness they are alive to the social nuances in the American atmosphere. Synonyms alert to, awake to, aware of, sensitive to, conscious of, mindful of, heedful of, watchful of, responsive to familiar with, cognizant of, apprised of, sensible of informal wise to, hip to 4predicative Swarming or teeming with. 充满的，丰富的 in spring those cliffs are alive with auks and gulls 春天，那些悬崖上挤满了海鸦和海鸥。 Example sentencesExamples Few places are so alive with children smiling, laughing and throwing up in giant rotating teacups. In the sunlight, the steel surface comes alive with reflections, picking up the green of the surrounding grass. Only a person who has recently moved could have an office not fully furnished but alive with an air of enthusiasm. It was spanned by a hump-back bridge leading to a jungle path alive with the orchestrated hum of insects. At almost any time of the day, a casual stroll through these public areas will reveal them to be alive with activity. It's a dreary beach, too: no real surf and mounds of weed lie rotting and stinking, alive with flies. The huge screen in a corner came alive with live action straight from the South Korean capital, Seoul. The village was alive with colour and music - which continued into the early hours. The massive bronze doors are alive with figures representing almost every facet of human experience and emotion. Shop windows are alive with colourful summer clothing and the summer holidays will be with us sooner than we can imagine. In many homes today kitchens and bathrooms are alive with chrome and stainless steel accessories. The town will be alive with an abundance of colour and plenty of entertainment for all the family. The blackcurrant bush is alive with the wings and chirps of greedy blackbirds gorging themselves. Some moments are startling; when you see one of their faces come alive with an emotion, you almost forget. In his head, Stewart plunged down hurtling depths and into inky water alive with worms and bones. This is a beautiful album and interesting concept, alive with energy and cultural diversity. The format of this book is alive with visuals and packed with persuasive language. The field was alive with activity as the many livestock contests took place. The main street was alive with colour as the schoolchildren waved their flags and greeted the visitors. Obscure slices of history and allegories abound and every spot comes alive with some parable or other. Synonyms teeming, swarming, thronged, overflowing, overrun, bristling, bustling, rife, infested, thick, crowded, packed full of, abounding in informal crawling, lousy, hopping, stuffed, jam-packed, chock-a-block, chock-full of, buzzing, jumping Scottish hoaching, hotching rare pullulating Phrases alive and kicking informal Prevalent and very active. 〈非正式〉盛行的；活跃的 bigotry is still alive and kicking 偏见依然盛行。 Example sentencesExamples Now in his 60s, Clough is very much alive and kicking, as alert and acerbic as ever, and still with a myriad of views to express on any subject you care to mention. The nurse simply laughed at this, observing that I was indeed alive and kicking, and simply moved on to the next passenger. On the contrary, their availability in computer stores everywhere tells us that it remains alive and kicking. Windsurfers may be a dying breed in the United States, but the sport is alive and kicking on the Italian Riviera. Not receiving any response to a knock on the door, the employee let himself in the room in an effort to determine if she was alive and kicking. Democracy, we are invited to believe, is alive and kicking. It needs a demonstration that it is alive and kicking. All in all, Teddy Hall were deserving winners but with sailing at all levels of the University alive and kicking, they'll have to fight to keep the cup next year. Laois were very much alive and kicking and all other pretenders to the crown sat up and took notice after a superb performance at O'Moore Park. History was alive and kicking on Saturday when around 100 people brought their archaeological finds to Westbury Visitor Centre. IT seems community spirit is alive and kicking in Swindon. Already, despite a hefty 40 per cent tariff, foreign competition is alive and kicking. The message appeared to be clear: in 2004, racial tension in Australia was alive and kicking. Neither can he recall the age of his mother's mother who is still alive and kicking in Christchurch today at the grand age of 77 or 78. The staff Christmas party is still alive and kicking, too. This was late 1986, and Doolin's music scene was alive and kicking. People have been forecasting that for a long time and could I tell you they're still very much alive and kicking. But the event proved in great style that British brewing is very much alive and kicking. In the desolate reaches of Africa, the real thrill of hunting a leopard and an elephant is alive and kicking. Post-revolution, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that Romanian rugby was alive and kicking. Synonyms living, live, having life, not dead alive and well Still existing or active (often used to deny rumours or beliefs that something has disappeared or declined) 仍然存在的；依然活跃的（常用来否定某事物已经消失或衰退的传闻或看法） the sports car industry is alive and well 跑车业仍然很兴旺。 Example sentencesExamples It is alive and well in today's Glasgow via the services of the Catholic Church. Missing student Vicky Stephenson was today found alive and well in Dublin. Apparently the law of unintended consequences is alive and well in the pawn industry. But in one of the few good news stories to emerge from the tragedy, the couple were later found to be alive and well. I would like to think that that spirit is still alive and well in the company today. Heritage in Abbeyleix is alive and well and Abbeyleix Heritage House is now in a safe pair of hands. The trend from the extreme left to extreme right, so obvious today, was alive and well then. Forget the market reaction to the interim banking profits so far, the industry is alive and well. He may have disappeared from British politics, but the former Prime Minister is alive and well and ruling Australia. Democracy is alive and well in Canada as thousands were able to express their opposition to this policy. After almost disappearing from the linguistic map, Galician is now alive and well. Police called off an intensive search after a woman missing from Warminster was found alive and well in Somerset. It's nice to know that street entertainment is alive and well in York. Is this something I could live without and still remain alive and well? The sex industry is alive and well, and nothing anyone has done has managed to change that. This case clearly demonstrates that the legal fiction is alive and well today. It is encouraging to see that Saskatchewan's progressive tradition is alive and well. But her family in Bonnybridge confirmed last week that she was alive and well. Calgary's first beer festival is not only alive and well, but getting bigger and better. Contrary to popular belief, the commercial sex scene is alive and well in Singapore. Derivatives aliveness noun I mean it in the concrete sense that is used in everyday life, the sense of soul, feeling, connectedness, inspiration, and aliveness. Example sentencesExamples But throughout the book the occasional faults matter little against the poetry's terrible aliveness. Authentic choices and actions bring forth spirit: the energy that gives courage, passion, vitality, intensity, and aliveness to our existence. That sense of aliveness isn't there when you read the text, and seeing the performance will be much more engaging. Mauri is the unique life-force, the vitality, source and essential energy that drives existence, aliveness and being. Origin Old English on līfe, literally 'in life'. live from Old English: In the sense ‘to be alive’, live goes back to the same root as life. The other live, with a different pronunciation, is a mid16th-century shortening of alive (Old English). The proverb live and let live is identified as Dutch in the earliest known reference, from 1622. Live and Let Die, the 1954 James Bond book, filmed in 1973, subverted it. The rhyme ‘He who fights and runs away / Lives to fight another day’ gives us the phrase live to fight another day. The idea is found in the works of the Greek comic playwright Menander, who lived from around 342 to 292 bc. Rhymes arrive, chive, Clive, connive, contrive, deprive, dive, drive, five, gyve, hive, I've, jive, live, MI5, revive, rive, shrive, skive, strive, survive, swive, thrive adj.1 phr. Definition of alive in US English: alive adjectiveəˈlaɪvəˈlīv 1(of a person, animal, or plant) living, not dead. （人，动植物）活的 hopes of finding anyone still alive were fading 找到生还者的希望越来越渺茫。 he was kept alive by a feeding-tube 他靠输食管维持生命。 Example sentencesExamples We know that the embryo is alive, not dead or inanimate. When the creature was alive, 94 million years ago, the area of the Sahara where its remains were found was very different from the way it appears now. There are thousands of animals and plants alive today that are no different from the way they appear in the fossil record! Most of us would accept that the cat is either alive or dead at a given time. I'd be happier if my house were still intact, my pictures of my kids and the rest of my belongings were safe, and my cat were still alive. Now that the mouse is not alive, does its brain still work? Ensuring that the animals are worth more alive than dead may be their only shot at survival. The dogs were still alive, and looked to be in their prime. I like to be reminded of the spring miracle, especially in the depth of winter, when the vibrantly alive trees look so dead. It cannot be determined, however, whether those animals were alive or dead at the time of the bite. Leonard Tinkler showed them sheds containing three dead animals, including a decomposing cow whose calf was still alive in the same pen. It would make no difference to Frank whether the creature was alive or dead. Those lambs were still alive, but the ewes were dead. A police spokesman said: ‘The news that his dog was alive and had come home seems to have made all the difference.’ ‘His horses are alive and beautiful because they were in his soul,’ he once wrote. Now, Mr. Gibbons' position is that all of those fossil species were alive at the same time on this planet. Even when pigs are alive they aren't revered as the smartest animals. How could I be so callous when the poor creature was still alive? A look at the distribution of the major groups of plants and animals alive today is instructive. He took a small comfort in knowing that the horse was alive. Synonyms living, live, having life, not dead 1.1 Continuing in existence or use. 仍被支持的；仍在使用的 keeping hope alive 保持希望。 militarism was kept alive by pure superstition 军国主义靠纯粹的迷信而仍被支持着。 Example sentencesExamples An intense research spirit is still alive, if not continentally disseminated. Joe realises that younger people may find it difficult to realise why this sense of nostalgia is so important to him but he continues to try to keep the memory of bygone days alive. Nimba is seeking to keep the memory of Africa alive among immigrants from the continent. And embodied in all of this, central to all of this, is a tradition that you keep alive, that you continue, that you believe in - the hunt. Sometimes I think the only thing that keeps the Tory party alive is continuing to write its suicide note. Some girls even admit to enjoying the drama of keeping a story or incident alive by continuing to retell it, so it may never really be over. Mary's charity and holocaust survivor organizations are both doing something to keep the memories alive. Though members argue that the Press Club remains alive, it currently has no physical location. Argentina also had a policy of encouraging settlers and descendants of Welsh emigrants to Patagonia continue to keep alive Welsh culture there to this day. Despite all that I have outlined, it should be recognised that science is still very much alive and will continue to have an important role to play in society. The cultural text remains alive and continues to speak in a discourse of oppression. When that happens, keep hope alive by continuing to expect the best - even if it doesn't pan out. They kept his memory alive by continuing to cook up The Recipe. Teams want to help keep Joel's memory alive by continuing his work, and the response really has been something else. He also hopes shoppers will keep Cheam alive by supporting the local economy in the face of growing development. Head of the Agriculture society, Wendy Lee Yuen said it was imperative that the sugar industry continues to say alive in a globalised world. Today, in Venezuela, the reputation generated by his work continues to keep his memory alive. As we grow and numbers increase it's going to be a big challenge to keep this alive especially across continents. Our forces do indeed continue to keep alive the flames of freedom in the world. By attacking Russia, he realigned the board so that France could expect greater benefits from keeping Italy alive than from continuing the alliance with Germany. Synonyms active, existing, in existence, existent, extant, functioning, in operation, ongoing, going on, continuing, surviving, persisting, remaining, abiding 2(of a person or animal) alert and active; animated. （人，动物）敏捷的；愉快活泼的 Ken comes alive when he hears his music played 肯听到演奏自己的音乐就活跃起来。 Example sentencesExamples One actor in this film never comes alive, and the other seems too agonised and solemn for the role. Now, they have come alive, taken on familial roles and line up to fondle 20-day-old Mose. Coetzee has obviously immersed himself in his adoptive hometown, and the city comes alive in all its banal, suburban Australianness. Inevitably, she only really comes alive for her raunchy dance number. He relaxes, and he comes alive - he turns on the charm. Edmonton certainly comes alive in June, July and August: three fabulous months chocked full of festival and music happenings. The river is where much of Southeast Asia comes alive, so expect to see children frolicking, men cormorant fishing and women washing and cooking in the shallows. In such scenes the artiste's whole being comes alive as he pushes himself to get the maximum effect. He can appear distant, but show him a beautifully made shoe and he comes alive. Paradoxically, the librarian comes alive in his animated form. Billy comes alive and is able to relate meaningfully to others outside the town, in the surroundings of the moors and the sky. Ken comes alive in a theatre situation, and his wit and intelligence are a refreshing change to the mundane stand-up acts as he makes you see life through new eyes. The actor really comes alive only when his character is victimizing. Everyone comes alive as we start gathering up our stuff and the loadmasters stop to prepare to drop the ramp and unload our baggage palate. The town of Rokewood, about 47 km south west of Ballarat, comes alive this weekend as the Annual Rodeo begins. Seconds later the Ballyduff support really came alive as Jack Kennedy put his side into the lead for the first time. Brown comes alive as he talks of the Romantic poets and their exploration of what it means to be British. On stage he comes alive and places the audience under a spell; outside of it, he works fiercely with a number of charities and human rights organisations. On such a stark platform, it isn't until half a dozen songs in that the band really comes alive. The director used to say, ‘Oh God, the minute she gets that gun, she comes alive.’ Synonyms animated, lively, full of life, alert, active, energetic, vigorous, spry, sprightly, vital, vibrant, vivacious, buoyant, exuberant, ebullient, zestful, spirited, enthusiastic, eager, bouncy, bubbly, perky, sparkling 2.1 Having interest and meaning. 〈喻〉感兴趣的，有意义的 we hope we will make history come alive for the children 我们希望将历史鲜活地呈现在孩子们面前。 Example sentencesExamples What could have been an important but dry history lesson in lesser hands comes alive in this vibrant exploration of the Black Church in Canada. Scotland, all of five million strong, comes alive through Sue. The idea is that history should come alive for the pupils rather than them merely seeing or being told about things that happened from books. The channel did, after all, make northern Jersey come alive. It is a gifted novelist, indeed, who can make ordinary events come alive, and who can interest the reader in ordinary, even dull, characters. It was really interesting to watch the levels come alive as the team found better and smarter ways of doing things. The screen comes alive when either the protagonist, or his worthy antagonist, are present. And then you're writing, and after that it's just a matter of putting the words down in a way that makes the story come alive for someone else. But when you are perched high atop it all, the beauty really comes alive. Thanks to superior recording, the event comes alive in all its majesty, although watching such a performance on the TV is never the same as the real thing. The parents who had come to visit the school were equally appreciative of the effort the staff had made to make the day come alive for the children. Only then can a story, and the ghosts, come alive. Paris comes alive in this writer's pages in highly personal ways. In a rural ambience, the games come alive again. Comedy only comes alive when it's performed so this was my apprenticeship. It's the kind of thing you read in those psychology textbooks and it comes alive for you, doesn't it? The weaving in her hands comes alive, binding into everything, coiling into the souls of men, tying the whole picture together. A wide range of subjects come alive on the canvas exhibited here. Wildlife comes alive in the paintings of S. Vadivel. Open air, under a darkening Delhi sky, is an extraordinarily effective setting in which to watch 200 years of history come alive. 3alive toAware of and interested in; responsive to. 明白的，感兴趣的；做出响应的 always alive to new ideas 始终关注新思想。 Example sentencesExamples It is because of this style that the young boy Maqbool easily comes alive to us. Because of their slight outsiderishness they are alive to the social nuances in the American atmosphere. In foreign affairs we have pursued our national interest robustly while remaining alive to the needs and interests of others. As a journalist living in the most expensive city in the country, I am keenly alive to to the issue. She is also alive to the reality that a career in acting would be short-lived. As the players run onto the field, the stands come alive to the sound of cheers and support that echo across the river. In your language, in your thought, be alive to the form of things. The Prime Minister is clearly alive to the danger of being seen as neglectful of his home front because he is too preoccupied with foreign affairs. Her addiction, she says, is studying people, alive to the way they look and move, wondering how she would paint them. He has brought the saga alive to visitors and locals alike. He was socially conscious in every sense, alive to the possibilities of celebrating what he found. Fortunately, for Dundee, Steven Tweed was alive to the danger and made a timely intervention to deny Parker a clear run on goal. As I say, Angell resists sentimentality, but he is alive to sentiment. For the second year in a row the North East Kilkenny landscape came alive to the sound of all things vintage. It is alive to the need for strong internal morale and discipline. The nation is fully alive to the pressures that the world powers are exerting on his government At times he sounds like the great EB White, a gentle man consumed with the plight of the world but alive to the simple pleasures. The respondent must have been alive to the possibility that a cyclist could come along. Clonaslee came alive to the sound of music on Sunday June 2 as the annual festival got under way. This is an important work: very well researched, reflective, sharp in judgment yet alive to complexity. Synonyms alert to, awake to, aware of, sensitive to, conscious of, mindful of, heedful of, watchful of, responsive to 4alive withSwarming or teeming with. 充满的，丰富的 in spring those cliffs are alive with auks and gulls 春天，那些悬崖上挤满了海鸦和海鸥。 Example sentencesExamples Some moments are startling; when you see one of their faces come alive with an emotion, you almost forget. Obscure slices of history and allegories abound and every spot comes alive with some parable or other. The huge screen in a corner came alive with live action straight from the South Korean capital, Seoul. The town will be alive with an abundance of colour and plenty of entertainment for all the family. The main street was alive with colour as the schoolchildren waved their flags and greeted the visitors. Shop windows are alive with colourful summer clothing and the summer holidays will be with us sooner than we can imagine. It's a dreary beach, too: no real surf and mounds of weed lie rotting and stinking, alive with flies. The format of this book is alive with visuals and packed with persuasive language. It was spanned by a hump-back bridge leading to a jungle path alive with the orchestrated hum of insects. At almost any time of the day, a casual stroll through these public areas will reveal them to be alive with activity. The massive bronze doors are alive with figures representing almost every facet of human experience and emotion. This is a beautiful album and interesting concept, alive with energy and cultural diversity. Few places are so alive with children smiling, laughing and throwing up in giant rotating teacups. Only a person who has recently moved could have an office not fully furnished but alive with an air of enthusiasm. In many homes today kitchens and bathrooms are alive with chrome and stainless steel accessories. The village was alive with colour and music - which continued into the early hours. The blackcurrant bush is alive with the wings and chirps of greedy blackbirds gorging themselves. The field was alive with activity as the many livestock contests took place. In his head, Stewart plunged down hurtling depths and into inky water alive with worms and bones. In the sunlight, the steel surface comes alive with reflections, picking up the green of the surrounding grass. Synonyms teeming, swarming, thronged, overflowing, overrun, bristling, bustling, rife, infested, thick, crowded, packed Phrases alive and kicking informal Prevalent and very active. 〈非正式〉盛行的；活跃的 bigotry is still alive and kicking 偏见依然盛行。 Example sentencesExamples In the desolate reaches of Africa, the real thrill of hunting a leopard and an elephant is alive and kicking. The staff Christmas party is still alive and kicking, too. This was late 1986, and Doolin's music scene was alive and kicking. Post-revolution, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that Romanian rugby was alive and kicking. IT seems community spirit is alive and kicking in Swindon. Now in his 60s, Clough is very much alive and kicking, as alert and acerbic as ever, and still with a myriad of views to express on any subject you care to mention. People have been forecasting that for a long time and could I tell you they're still very much alive and kicking. Not receiving any response to a knock on the door, the employee let himself in the room in an effort to determine if she was alive and kicking. Already, despite a hefty 40 per cent tariff, foreign competition is alive and kicking. It needs a demonstration that it is alive and kicking. Democracy, we are invited to believe, is alive and kicking. All in all, Teddy Hall were deserving winners but with sailing at all levels of the University alive and kicking, they'll have to fight to keep the cup next year. The message appeared to be clear: in 2004, racial tension in Australia was alive and kicking. On the contrary, their availability in computer stores everywhere tells us that it remains alive and kicking. History was alive and kicking on Saturday when around 100 people brought their archaeological finds to Westbury Visitor Centre. Laois were very much alive and kicking and all other pretenders to the crown sat up and took notice after a superb performance at O'Moore Park. Neither can he recall the age of his mother's mother who is still alive and kicking in Christchurch today at the grand age of 77 or 78. Windsurfers may be a dying breed in the United States, but the sport is alive and kicking on the Italian Riviera. But the event proved in great style that British brewing is very much alive and kicking. The nurse simply laughed at this, observing that I was indeed alive and kicking, and simply moved on to the next passenger. Synonyms living, live, having life, not dead alive and well Still existing or active (often used to deny rumors or beliefs that something has disappeared or declined) 仍然存在的；依然活跃的（常用来否定某事物已经消失或衰退的传闻或看法） Jefferson's ideas are alive and well today in Washington Example sentencesExamples This case clearly demonstrates that the legal fiction is alive and well today. I would like to think that that spirit is still alive and well in the company today. He may have disappeared from British politics, but the former Prime Minister is alive and well and ruling Australia. The trend from the extreme left to extreme right, so obvious today, was alive and well then. Apparently the law of unintended consequences is alive and well in the pawn industry. It's nice to know that street entertainment is alive and well in York. It is alive and well in today's Glasgow via the services of the Catholic Church. But her family in Bonnybridge confirmed last week that she was alive and well. Contrary to popular belief, the commercial sex scene is alive and well in Singapore. Missing student Vicky Stephenson was today found alive and well in Dublin. Police called off an intensive search after a woman missing from Warminster was found alive and well in Somerset. Heritage in Abbeyleix is alive and well and Abbeyleix Heritage House is now in a safe pair of hands. Calgary's first beer festival is not only alive and well, but getting bigger and better. After almost disappearing from the linguistic map, Galician is now alive and well. It is encouraging to see that Saskatchewan's progressive tradition is alive and well. Is this something I could live without and still remain alive and well? But in one of the few good news stories to emerge from the tragedy, the couple were later found to be alive and well. Forget the market reaction to the interim banking profits so far, the industry is alive and well. The sex industry is alive and well, and nothing anyone has done has managed to change that. Democracy is alive and well in Canada as thousands were able to express their opposition to this policy. Origin Old English on līfe, literally ‘in life’. adj.1 phr.
随便看	the far right the farthest point the fashionable the Fates the Father the fatherland the fatherland the fat is in the fire the fat is in the fire the favoured the fed the fed the federalist The Federalist the Federal Union the feds the feds the feebs the feebs the female of the species the female of the species the female sex the feminist movement the Fenland the Fens