survival

1. N-UNCOUNT If you refer to the survival of something or someone, you mean that they manage to continue or exist in spite of difficult circumstances. (在睏境中的) 生存

...companies which have been struggling for survival in the advancing recession. …在不斷惡化的蕭條期中一直掙紥求生的各家公司。

2. N-UNCOUNT If you refer to the survival of a person or living thing, you mean that they live through a dangerous situation in which it was possible that they might die. 存活

If cancers are spotted early there's a high chance of survival. 如果癌癥早被發(fā)現(xiàn)，存活的機(jī)率就高。