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They live by the principle that we are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we want from it.

他们恪守着这样的原则：我们来到世上是要为生活做贡献，而不是从中索取。

We live by the West Lake.

我们住在西湖旁边.

Well , I suppose that we that live by the sword shall perish by the sword.

依我看, 操刀为生者必死在刀下.

She recoiled at the number of young girls who had to live by selling their bodies.

那么多年轻的女孩不得不靠出卖肉体谋生，她觉得难以接受。

Man does not live by bread alone.

人不能单靠面包生存.

They live by honest labour.

他们靠正当劳动生活.

She tried to live by her writing, but it did not provide a good enough income.

她试图靠写作为生, 但这不能提供足够的收入.

She is fitted to live by herself.

她宜单独生活.

Honest men live by the sweat of their brow.

诚实的人靠自己的辛勤劳动生活.

If you live on a mountain , you live off the mountain ; if you live by the water , you live off the water.

靠山吃山, 靠水吃水.

Winners make the rules, and losers live by them.

获胜者制定规章, 并且失主由他们住.

The islanders live by fishing.

那些岛民靠捕鱼为生.

Those that live by patronage shall surely perish by patronage.

那些靠恩赐而生存的人,必然会由于接受恩赐而垮台.

Don't live by cheating others.

不要靠骗人过日子.

Do you live by yourself?

你是独自一人生活 吗 ?