survival/survive/survivor

survival /səˈvaivəl/ n. 1.［u］幸存，继续生存: survival after death 死后灵魂的存在；hopes of survival 幸存的希望 2.［c］幸存者，残存物: a survival from ancient time 古代遗物 The old man is a survival of the Second World War. 这位老人是第二次世界大战的幸存者。

 survive /səˈvaiv/ vi. & vt. 1. 活下来，幸存： He is the only man who survived after the explosion. 他是爆炸后惟一幸存的人。 2.从…中逃出，从(困境中)挺过来：Did anyone survive the earthquake? 有人震后生还吗? Only ten of the crew survived the shipwreck. 船员中只有十人逃离失事船只。［考句］ There’s little chance that mankind would survive a nuclear war. 人类经历一场核战争还能幸存，这种可能性是很小的。3. 比…活得长：He survived his brothers and sisters. 他比他哥哥和姐姐都活得长。Most wives survive their husbands. 妇女大都比丈夫活得长。

 survivor /səˈvaivə/ n. [c] 幸存者：a survivor from the Titanic泰坦尼克号的幸存者It must have been terrible for the survivors.对于幸存者来说那一定十分可怕。A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。