Can you give some simple examples to illustrate the difference between being alive and being alive?

(1) To be alive, to be alive, and to be alive all have the meaning of "to be alive", which is opposite to the meaning of death. But live is usually only used as a preposition attribute, which is generally used for animals; Living and living can't just be attributes (living can only be placed after nouns; Living is usually put before nouns, or after nouns), and can also be used as a predicative.

For example:

This is a live fish. This is a living fish. )

This is a live fish. (of animals, when used as an attribute, all three can be used)

Who is the greatest man today?

Who is the greatest man today? (people can't use live)

The fish is still alive

The fish is still alive. You can't use live when animals are predicative.

(3) (3) Being alive mainly means being alive at a certain time, and being alive means being alive despite the possibility of death. Moreover, only alive; Can be used as subject complement or object complement; Metaphor (such as "vivid". . . "alive", "alive" and so on. ).

For example:

The enemy officer is awake. (as a subject complement, inactive)

The enemy officer was captured alive.

We found the snake alive.

He is a dead ringer for his father.

He is like his father.

(4) Only adding the before living can mean "living", and when it is used as the subject, it is regarded as plural.

For example:

The living are more important to us than the dead.

The living are more important to us than the dead.

(2) lively means "lively, cheerful and vivid", which can refer to people or things and can be used as an attribute or slogan; But it doesn't mean "alive", while the other three have it.

For example:

Children are usually very lively.

Children are usually lively.

He told a very vivid story.

He told a vivid story.