sur-,在上，超过，-viv,生命，词源同 vivid,vivacity.引申词义生存，存活。

1. Curiously, the struggle to survive has greatly improved her health.

奇怪的是，她拼命求生的抗争使得她的健康状况大有好转。

2. Outside the protected environment of institutional care he could not survive.

离开福利机构的照顾，离开这种受保护的环境，他将难以生存下去。

3. The corporation is fighting to survive its second brush with bankruptcy.

公司正在努力摆脱自身遭遇的第二次破产危机。

4. The first thing parents want to know is: will the baby survive?

父母亲最想知道的是：孩子能活下来吗？

5. It's important that these upland farms continue to survive.

这些高原农场能继续存在下去非常重要。