survival

英 [səˈvaɪvl]

美 [sərˈvaɪvl]

n. 生存; 存活; 幸存; 残存物; 幸存事物

复数：survivals　

BNC.2584 / COCA.2656

习惯用语

the survival of the fittest

适者生存
the principle that only the people or things that are best adapted to their surroundings will continue to exist

noun

生存；存活；幸存
the state of continuing to live or exist, often despite difficulty or danger
1. the struggle/battle/fight for survival
  为生存而斗争 / 战斗 / 拼搏
2. His only chance of survival was a heart transplant.
  只有进行心脏移植，他才有望活下去。
3. Exporting is necessary for our economic survival.
  必须有出口，才能维持我们的经济。
残存物；幸存事物
something that has continued to exist from an earlier time
1. The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times.
  这种仪式是从公元前遗留下来的。

N-UNCOUNT 生存
If you refer to thesurvivalof something or someone, you mean that they manage to continue or exist in spite of difficult circumstances.
1. ...companies which have been struggling for survival in the advancing recession...
  在日益萧条的经济环境中挣扎求生的各个公司
2. Ask for the free booklet 'Debt: a Survival Guide'.
  可以索要免费小册子《债务：生存指南》。
N-UNCOUNT 幸存;存活
If you refer to thesurvivalof a person or living thing, you mean that they live through a dangerous situation in which it was possible that they might die.
1. If cancers are spotted early there's a high chance of survival...
  如果癌症在早期发现的话，存活的几率会很高。
2. An animal's sense of smell is still crucial to its survival.
  动物的嗅觉对其生存仍然至关重要。
适者生存
You can usethe survival of the fittestto refer to a situation in which only the strongest people or things continue to live or be successful, while the others die or fail.

noun

something that survives
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Synonym:survival of the fittestnatural selectionselection
a state of surviving
Synonym:endurance

Societies need to develop highly adaptive behavioural rules for survival.
社会需要发展具有高度适应性的生存行为规则。
The coastal resources and environment are bases of survival and development for the residents.
同时，海岸带资源和环境也是居民生存和发展的基础。
With the changes in the world's climate, dinosaurs died, but many smaller animals lived on. It was the survival of the fittest.
随着世界气候的变迁，恐龙绝迹了，但许多较小的动物却继续活了下来。这就是适者生存。
The specialist who carried out the brain scan thought Tim's chances of survival were still slim
给蒂姆做脑部扫描的专科医生认为他活下来的可能性仍旧渺茫。
Yesterday's meeting was intended to plot a survival strategy for the party
昨天的会议旨在制订使该党能够继续存在下去的策略。
I'm not into politics. I'm into survival.
我不从政了，我要生存。
He mistakenly ascribes the expression 'survival of the fittest' to Charles Darwin.
他错误地认为“适者生存”是查尔斯·达尔文说的。
Almost all young women who turn to prostitution do so as a means of survival.
几乎所有从事卖淫的年轻女孩走这条路都是为了生存。
The survival of the proteins depends on the way in which bones are fossilised.
蛋白质是否存留取决于骨头被石化的方式。
This is a story about growth and survival.
这是一个关于成长和生存的故事。