Weather the storm 表示没有放弃、成功度过艰难时期，可以描述经历危机后坚持下来的个人、家庭或公司。这里 weather 是表示经受困难的动词，不是指雨晴的名词“天气”。这个表达语气中性，常见于新闻，也适合写作文。
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weather the storm; weather + a/the crisis/recession; help someone weather the storm
- Many small cafés weathered the storm by selling takeaway coffee during the lockdown.
- Our team lost two key people this year, but we weathered the storm together.
- Savings make it easier to weather the storm if you suddenly lose your job.
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修改前Our small shop outlived the storm because loyal customers kept coming.
修改后Our small shop weathered the storm because loyal customers kept coming.
Outlive 表示比某人或某物活得、存在得更久，例如 outlive your parents。它侧重持续时间的比较，不能准确传达这里应对困难、渡过危机的意思，因此原句改用 weather the storm。
A storm in a teacup 表示为小事大动干戈：Their argument was a storm in a teacup。Weather the storm 则是实际经历并挺过困难。近义表达是 ride out the storm：We rode out the storm and kept all our staff。
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The hotel lost most of its guests during the pandemic, but it ___ the storm and reopened last spring.
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weathered — 酒店经历了失去大多数客人的困难，仍坚持下来，并在去年春天重新开业，所以选 weathered the storm。Outlived 强调比谁或什么存在得更久，缺少这里挺过危机的含义。
写一段你、家人或公司曾经历的困难时期。说明难在哪里，以及什么帮助你们坚持下来。
When my father lost his job, our family weathered the storm because my mother took extra shifts and we stopped eating out.
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