survival

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

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): survival, survivor, survive, surviving, survivable

Xem thêm: endurance, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection



survival

Từ điển Collocation

survival noun

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.

Từ điển WordNet

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

survivals
syn.: endurance natural selection selection survival of the fittest