live through经历过; 经历…而未死
例句:She has lived through several terrible accidents.
她曾经历过几次可怕的意外事故。
They lived through the long famine.
他们经历了长久的饥荒而未死。
2.So when I had a handful of these cases, it seemed to me then there was likely something worth investigating.
a handful of一把;少数、几个、不多
例句:All the trouble are caused by a handful of malcontent.
这些是非都是由一小撮不满分子搬弄的。
3.In nineteen thirty-three, the British mountain climber Frank Smythe was attempting to climb Mount Everest in the Himalayan Mountains.
attempt to试图,企图
例句:The offender attempted to grease the palm of the judge.
罪犯企图贿赂法官。