survivor

survivor — 名詞

1. someone who stays alive after an accident, disaster, illness, or attack that kil

1.名詞B2
釋義

倖存者

在意外、災難或重病中活下來的人

someone who stays alive after an accident, disaster, illness, or attack that killed or seriously hurt other people.

例句

Rescuers pulled the last survivor from the collapsed building on Tuesday morning.

週二早上，救難人員從倒塌的大樓中救出最後一名生還者。

common collocation: pull a survivor from

Only three survivors of the plane crash were found near the mountain village.

那場墜機的倖存者只有三人，是在山上的小村莊附近被找到的。

pattern: survivor of + disaster event

同義詞
  • casualty

    opposite — refers to someone killed or injured, not someone who lived

  • remnant

    more abstract; suggests a small remaining group, not always after danger

反義詞
  • victim

    in many contexts a victim died or was harmed; a survivor lived through it

  • casualty

    someone killed or seriously injured in the event

文法句型

survivor of + event

用法筆記

Often appears with 'of' plus the dangerous event (survivor of cancer, of war, of the crash). Frequently modified by 'sole', 'lone', or 'only' when one person lived through something that killed many.

常見錯誤

❌She is a survivor from cancer.
✅She is a cancer survivor.' or 'She is a survivor of cancer.
💡use 'of', or place the danger word before 'survivor' like a compound noun.

2. someone with a strong character who keeps going and rebuilds their life after bi

2.名詞B2
釋義

堅強的人

面對挫折仍能重新站起來的人

someone with a strong character who keeps going and rebuilds their life after big problems such as job loss, divorce, abuse, or financial trouble.

例句

After losing the bakery and her marriage in one year, Élise proved she was a true survivor.

在一年內失去麵包店和婚姻之後，Élise 證明了自己是個堅強的人。

collocation: a true / real survivor

Don't worry about Selim — he's a survivor and will land another job soon.

別擔心 Selim，他很堅強，很快又會找到下一份工作。

informal reassurance about resilience

同義詞
  • fighter

    stresses active resistance more than endurance

  • battler

    informal, especially Australian English; someone who keeps trying despite hardship

反義詞
  • quitter

    informal; someone who gives up when things get hard

文法句型

a (real / true / born) survivor

用法筆記

Often used as a compliment about character, with no preceding 'of' phrase. Distinguish from sense 1: here the danger is emotional or financial hardship, not a life-threatening event.

常見錯誤

❌He is survivor.
✅He is a survivor.
💡this sense almost always takes the indefinite article 'a'.

3. the family members, usually a husband, wife, or children, who are still alive af

3.名詞C1
釋義

遺族；遺屬

在某人過世後仍在世的家人

the family members, usually a husband, wife, or children, who are still alive after someone has died, especially as listed in an obituary or a will.

例句

Mr. Chidi's survivors include his wife, two daughters, and four grandchildren in Lagos.

Chidi 先生的遺族包含他的妻子、兩位女兒，以及住在拉哥斯的四位孫子女。

formal obituary pattern: survivors include

The pension will be paid to the survivors named in Noa's will.

這筆退休金將支付給 Noa 遺囑中指名的遺屬。

legal context: survivors named in a will

同義詞
  • next of kin

    the closest living relative, often singular and used for legal notification

  • heirs

    those who inherit property, which may overlap with survivors but is about inheritance

  • dependents

    people who relied on the deceased financially

文法句型

[possessive] survivors include...

用法筆記

Typical of obituaries, wills, and insurance documents; rare in everyday speech. Almost always plural and possessed (his survivors, her survivors), and usually paired with verbs like 'include' or 'are listed as'.

常見錯誤

❌My survivors visited me yesterday.
✅My relatives visited me yesterday.
💡survivors in this sense are people you leave behind after your death, not living relatives in general.