live in表示住在…,其后面跟表示地点的名词。住在学习工作的地方;住在(某地)。live on表示继续活着;继续存在;住在……上;以……为食。live的意思:生存;居住;生活,过活;在生活中得到享受。
You live in New York, don't you?
你住在纽约,不是吗?
They live in an area ill served by public transport.
他们住在公共交通条件很差的地区。
Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own.
很多人生活贫困并非他们自己有什么过错。
They would rather work than live on welfare.
他们宁愿工作而不愿靠社会保障金过活。
$20 means a lot when you live on $100 a week.
当你每周就靠100元维持生活时,20元可是个大数目。
It was becoming more and more difficult to live on his salary.
他越来越难以靠他的工资维持生计了。