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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries生存者
Pronunciation / Transliteration: seizonsha
"事故現場で多くの生存者が救助されました。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who continues to function or live, especially in spite of adversity, hardship, or life-threatening accidents.
"She is a cancer survivor who now dedicates her time to helping newly diagnosed patients." - 2
A person who remains alive after an event in which others have died.
"Only three survivors were rescued from the wreckage after the fierce storm."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Anglo-Norman French 'survivour' and the verb 'survivre', originating from Latin 'supervivere', meaning 'to live beyond' or 'outlive' (from super- 'over' + vivere 'to live'). It entered the English language in the late Middle Ages to denote someone who remains alive after the death of others or after a catastrophic event.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Survivor"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Survivor" is said worldwide
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survivant
Transliteration: syr.vi.vɑ̃
"Il est l'unique survivant de cet accident tragique."
Überlebende
Transliteration: ˈyːbɐleːvəndə
"Die Überlebenden des Erdbebens wurden in Sicherheit gebracht."
sopravvissuto
Transliteration: so.prav.visˈsu.to
"Il sopravvissuto ha raccontato la sua incredibile storia."
superviviente
Transliteration: su.per.βiˈβjen.te
"Los servicios de rescate buscaron a cualquier superviviente."
sobrevivente
Transliteration: so.bɾe.viˈvẽ.tʃi
"Ela é uma sobrevivente de uma grave doença."
जीवित बचने वाला
Transliteration: jeevit bachne wala
Script: जीवित रहने वाला व्यक्ति
"दुर्घटना का एकमात्र जीवित बचने वाला व्यक्ति अब सुरक्षित है।"
幸存者
Transliteration: xìng cún zhě
"救援人员正在全力搜寻空难的幸存者。"
생존자
Transliteration: saengjonja
"구조대원들은 건물의 생존자를 찾기 위해 수색하고 있습니다."
生存者
Transliteration: seizonsha
"事故現場で多くの生存者が救助されました。"
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