survival
noun uk/səˈvaɪ.vəl/ us/sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/
B2 [ U ]继续生存，存活，幸存
the fact of a person, organization, etc. continuing to live or exist
The doctors told my wife I had a 50/50 chance of survival. 医生告诉我妻子，我有50%的生存机会。
His main concern is to ensure his own political survival. 他主要关心的还是要保住自己的政治前程。
England are fighting for survival (= trying not to be defeated) in this game. 这场比赛中，英格兰队在为生存而战。
[ C ]遗留物，幸存物，残存物
something that has continued to exist from a previous time
Most of these traditions are survivals from earlier times. 这些传统大多都是以前流传下来的。
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- Humans, he argues, are amoral and what guides them is not any sense of morality but an instinct for survival.
- Two months ago, results from a European study questioned whether early treatment with the drug really improved survival.
- Fish struggle for survival when the water level drops in the lake.
- The survival of whales is intimately bound up with the health of the ocean.
- What are her chances of survival?
survival
adjective uk/səˈvaɪ.vəl/ us/sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/
生存的;赖以生存的;救生用的
continuing to exist or wanting to continue to exist
We all have a strong survival instinct. 我们都有强烈的求生本能。
The survival rate for people who have this form of cancer is now more than 90 percent. 这种癌症患者的存活率现在已经超过了90％。