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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sur·viv·al /sɝˈvaɪvəl/
 留住生命,生存,殘存,倖存者

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 sur·vi·val /-ˈvaɪvəl/ 名詞
 殘存,存活者,存活率,生存,存活,殘存者,遺物,倖存

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sur·viv·al n.
 1. A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.
 2. Arhaeol. & Ethnol. Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known.
    The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the study of manners and customs.   --Tylor.
 Survival of the fittest. Biol. See Natural selection, under Natural.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 survival
      n 1: a state of surviving; remaining alive [syn: endurance]
      2: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms
         best adapted to the environment [syn: survival of the
          fittest, natural selection, selection]
      3: something that survives