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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。"
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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."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Anglo-Norman French 'survivere', combining the Latin prefix 'super-' (meaning over or beyond) and 'vivere' (meaning to live). Entering Middle English in the 15th century, the term originally denoted someone who outlived another person, later broadening to describe anyone remaining alive after a disaster, hardship, or difficult ordeal.
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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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