生き抜く

いきぬく【生き抜く】

*last

|他|〖D〗 〖S〗 (ある期間)を生き抜く， …の終りまで命が持つ(out)

come through

［自］生き抜く， 切り抜ける；成功する.

▲fight the good fight (教義・慣習を守って)人生を生き抜く

My grandfather survived two wars. 私の祖父は二つの戦争を生き抜いた.

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いきぬく【生き抜く】

live through 《a war, a disaster, etc.》; survive (sth).

●病気に負けず生き抜く覚悟だ. I'm determined to defeat this illness [pull through].

・彼女は戦後の混乱期を生き抜いた. She survived the (dangerous) period of chaos after the war.

・わが社は激しい過当競争を生き抜いた. Our company weathered [survived] a period of aggressive competition.

・ゴキブリは 3 億年を生き抜いてきた. Cockroaches have survived (on earth) for 300 million years.