生き残り

いきのこり【生き残り】

*survival

〖C〗生存者

Pearl Harbor survivals (太平洋戦争開戦時の日本軍による)パールハーバー攻撃の生き残りの人

survivor

〖C〗生き残った人［物］， 生存者.

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いきのこり【生き残り】

survival; 〔人〕 a survivor.

●事業を縮小して会社の生き残りに賭けた. The company pinned its hopes of survival on business cuts [reducing operations].

・どの銀行も生き残りに必死だ. The banks are all struggling (desperately) to survive.

●彼はあの激戦での数少ない生き残りの一人です. He is one of the few survivors of that bitter fighting.

●生き残りを図る seek a way to survive [keep going, stay alive, stay in existence]; develop a strategy for survival [survival strategy]

・前首相は内閣改造を繰り返して政権の生き残りを図った. The previous prime minister kept attempting to stay in power [office] by repeatedly reshuffling the cabinet.

・会社の生き残りを賭けて新製品を発表した. The company announced a new product on which its very survival depended [it staked its continued existence].

●彼は王族の生き残りだ. He's a surviving descendant of the royal family.

生き残り競争 the struggle for survival.