英语翻译要求是用到survive 答案给的是：Michael was survived by three son.;但我

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Michael is survived by his wife,Elizabeth,three sons and two daughters.
可以肯定地说,这是非常地道的英语句子."To be survived by" 是非常常用的,后面写他着还活着的家人们,意思不是表示比某人多活了多少岁.