be survived 是被动语态，说明这里的 survive 是及物动词。作为及物动词，其含义是“人或事物能继续存到足以比…长的时间”，即 “比…活得长” 或 “比…经受得住”。be survived doing 这种被动用法所表达的意思对我们来说较难理解，只能用主动语态逐步演变来加深理解。如下面的句子：
He survived his wife for many years. 他比妻子多活好多年。
The house survived the storm. 经过暴风雨袭击, 这所房屋并未倒塌。
变成被动语态——
His wife survived by him for many years.妻子死后他又活了好多年。
The storm survived by the house. 暴风雨没有影响房屋的继续存在。
后面的现在分词 doing 是陪衬性状语，指在 survive 的同时另外的行为也在发生着，例如：
His wife survived leaving behind a large sum of patrimony. 他妻子身后留下大笔遗物。
The storm survived causing us much trouble. 暴风雨过后给我们造成许多麻烦.
原文刊误 应该是没有be 这样就 能理解了