Cách dùng Alive trong tiếng Anh

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ALIVE /əˈlaɪv/ adjective [not before noun] 
1. living and not dead: 
- It was a bad accident – they’re lucky to be alive. 
- My grandparents are still alive . 
- stayed alive by eating berries. 
- He was kept alive on a life-support machine. 
- Apparently he’s alive and well and living in Brazil. 
2. to exist: 
- Ancient traditions are very much alive in rural areas. 
- Christianity is alive and well in Asia. 
- The sport is still very much alive and kicking in this country. 
3. of energy, happiness, activity,, etc..: 
- It was the kind of morning when you wake up and feel really alive . 
alive with 
- Her face was alive with excitement. 
- The whole house was alive with activity. 
4. come alive 
a) if a subject or event comes alive, it becomes interesting and seems real: 
- Hopefully, we can make history come alive for the children. 
b) if someone comes alive, they suddenly become happy and interested in what is happening: 
- She only came alive when she sat down at the piano. 
c) if a town, city, etc. comes alive, it becomes busy: 
- seaside resorts that come alive in the summer 
5. be alive to a fact/possibility/danger, etc. to know that a particular fact, etc. exists and that it is important: 
- The company is alive to the threat posed by foreign imports. 
6. be alive with something to be full of living things that are moving: 
- The pond was alive with fish. 
7. bring something alive to make something interesting and real: 
- The way he describes his characters really brings them alive. 
→ skin somebody alive: to punish someone very severely – [used humorously] 
- Dad will skin you alive when he sees you with that girl! [Bố sẽ lột da mày khi ổng thấy mày đi với cô gái đó !] 
THESAURUS 
1. NOT DEAD 
alive /əˈlaɪv/ [adjective not before noun] not dead: still alive ▪ Are all your grandparents still alive? 
keep somebody alive to prevent someone from dying by giving them food, medicine, etc. ▪ Paramedics fought for 
an hour by the roadside to keep him alive. 
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barely alive ▪ The police found them lying on the kitchen floor. Mr Wilkins was dead and his wife was barely 
alive. 
alive and well alive and not injured or ill ▪ The children were found alive and well after being missing for several 
days. 
see somebody alive ▪ She was the last person to see him alive. 
living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ [adjective only before noun] still living now: ▪ A brother in Australia is Mary’s only living relative. 
greatest living poet/composer/painter, etc. ▪ Seamus Heaney is Ireland’s greatest living poet. 
animate /ˈænɪmət, ˈænəmət/ [adjective] formal something that is animate is alive and able to move, and is 
therefore not an object: animate objects ▪ At this age, children are still unable to distinguish between animate and 
inanimate objects. 
life /laɪf/ [uncountable noun] the fact or state of being alive: ▪ Do you believe in life after death? ▪ Unfortunately 
it’s usually the worst experiences that remind us how precious life is. 
fight/struggle for life ▪ She sat beside the hospital bed, holding his hand as he struggled for life. 
cling to life to struggle to stay alive ▪ An 18-year-old San José man clung to life late Wednesday after being shot 
in the head during a robbery. 
2. TO CONTINUE TO BE ALIVE 
live /lɪv/ [intransitive verb] to continue to be alive: ▪ The baby was born with a serious heart defect and not 
expected to live. 
live for two years/three months/a long time,, etc.. ▪ My father only lived for a few years after his heart attack. ▪ 
Cats normally live for about twelve years. 
the will to live the desire to live ▪ The will to live can be a vital factor in recovery. 
stay alive /ˌsteɪ əˈlaɪv/ [verb phrase] to not die, even though you are in a dangerous situation: ▪ The ship’s crew 
eventually resorted to eating rats and even sawdust to stay alive. ▪ Krasner, who has cancer, vowed she would stay 
alive until her brother was set free. 
outlive /aʊtˈlɪv/ [transitive verb] to remain alive longer than someone else, especially a relative or friend who has 
died: ▪ Judith outlived two of her three children.outlive somebody by 10 years/six months,, etc.. ▪ Women, on 
average, outlive men by 1.9 years. 
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Fish may outlive us. 
survive /səʳˈvaɪv/ [transitive verb] to live longer than someone else, usually someone closely related to you - used 
especially in newspaper articles: survive somebody by 10 years/six months,, etc.. ▪ Charles survived his wife by 
three months. 
be survived by ▪ Monroe is survived by his wife, Regina, and two sons, Stanley and John. 
3. SOMETHING THAT IS ALIVE 
living thing /ˌlɪvɪŋ ˈθɪŋ/ [countable noun] a human, animal, plant, or anything that is alive: ▪ An ocean is full of 
living things. ▪ The tree, at 368 feet, is considered the world’s tallest living thing. ▪ Ecology is the study of how 
living things relate to their environment. 
life form /ˈlaɪf fɔːʳm/ [countable noun] a living thing or one type of living thing - used in scientific or technical 
contexts: ▪ Hobart is convinced that there are life forms on other planets. ▪ Some scientists estimate that at least 
one third of the life forms that exist in deep oceans have not yet been discovered. ▪ strange life forms in the 
Galapagos Islands 
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organism /ˈɔːʳgənɪzəm/ [countable noun] a living thing, especially an extremely small one - used in scientific and 
technical contexts: ▪ Food poisoning is caused by a bacterial organism. 
living organism ▪ Genetic engineers manipulate living organisms such as cells or bacteria to create products 
which fight disease. 
life /laɪf/ [uncountable noun] any living things, for example people, animals, plants, or all of these things together: 
▪ Oxygen is necessary to sustain life on Earth. ▪ The new evidence seemed to indicate that life existed on Mars 
billions of years ago. 
animal/plant life all the animals or plants in a place ▪ Many species of plant life continue to be eradicated in 
South American rain forests. 
wildlife /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/ [uncountable noun] animals and plants growing in natural conditions: ▪ The Sea of Cortez is 
rich with wildlife. ▪ The organization was set up to protect wildlife across Europe. 
4. SOMETHING THAT IS NOT LIVING AND NEVER HAS BEEN LIVING 
inanimate /ɪnˈænɪmət, ɪnˈænəmət/ [adjective] inanimate object ▪ How can you get angry with a car? It’s an 
inanimate object! ▪ Some languages categorise not only living things as masculine or feminine, but inanimate 
objects as well.