18:句子：Look, the eels are still alive. 请问是否可以用living来代替alive 呢？有什么区别吗？

Question18: I came across a sentence like this: "Look,the eels
are still alive". Is it possible for me to replace"alive" with
"living" here? What's the difference between these two words?

Answer: Though the meanings of the two words are almost the same,
"living" is more often used as an attribute (e.g. a living language,
living things) while "alive" is commonly used as a predicate.

问题18:我碰到这样一句句子：Look, the eels are still alive.
请问是否可以用living来代替alive 呢？这两个词有什么区别吗？

回答:虽然两个词意义接近，但living一般皆用作定语，如 a living
language, living things，而 alive 常用作表语。