survival
US: /sɝˈvaɪvəɫ/
UK: /səvˈaɪvəl/
UK: /səvˈaɪvəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
survival /sə'vaivəl/
- danh từ
- sự sống sót
- người còn lại; vật sót lại (của một thời kỳ đã qua); tàn dư, tan tích
- survival of the fittes
- (sinh vật học) sự sống sót của các cá thể thích nghi (trong chọn lọc tự nhiên); quá trình chọn lọc tự nhiên
- sự khôn sống mống chết
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] the state of continuing to live or exist, often in spite of difficulty or danger: the struggle / battle / fight for survival + His only chance of survival was a heart transplant. + Exporting is necessary for our economic survival. + Continued trade in these products is a threat to the survival of the species.
2 [C] ~ (from sth) something that has continued to exist from an earlier time
Synonym: RELIC
The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times.
Idioms: the survival of the fittest the principle that only the people or things that are best adapted to their surroundings will continue to exist
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
long-term, short-term | continued | day-to-day | sheer
fighting for the sheer survival of the museum
| improved
The study showed improved survival of patients using the drug.
| chance, miraculous
the chance survival of the king's letters to his mistress
| business, economic, human, national, physical, political
VERB + SURVIVAL
fight for | ensure
The campaign will hopefully ensure the survival of the tiger.
| improve, prolong
Chemotherapy can prolong survival in cancer patients.
| threaten
The arrival of this South American predator threatened the survival of native species.
| be crucial for/to, be essential to, be necessary for, be vital for/to
Adaptability is essential to survival in a changing environment.
SURVIVAL + NOUN
chances, rate | skills, strategy | kit
The expedition members carried flares in their survival kit.
| instinct
PREP.
~ against
the struggle for survival against such well-armed enemies
| ~ as
his survival as leader
PHRASES
a battle/fight/struggle for survival, be a matter/question of survival
For the poorest people, life was merely a matter of survival.
| a chance of survival
Doctors gave him only a 50% chance of survival.
| the instinct for survival
He lacked the common instinct for survival.
| a threat to the survival of sth
The main threat to the survival of these creatures comes from their loss of habitat.
Concise English dictionary
survivalssər'vaɪvl /sə'-
noun
+a state of surviving; remaining alive
+a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
+something that survives
