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单词 life
释义 life¹ /laɪf/ n.( 复lives)
1.【生】(existence)生存;生命;性命

a baby's first minutes of life一个婴儿生命最初的几分钟

I was 19 and too young to know much about life.我当时才19岁, 太年轻了, 不谙世事。

I needed some time off from education to experience life.我需要从学校教育中抽身一段时间去体验生活。

her last hours of life她生命的最后时刻

Your life is in danger.现在有性命之危。

to risk your life冒生命危险

She had risked her life to save mine.她冒着生命危险挽救了我的生命。

2.(way of living)生活(方式)

That was the beginning of my life in the television business.这是我电视生涯的开始。

How did you adjust to college life?你是如何适应大学生活的?

Most diabetics have a normal sex life.大多数糖尿病患者都有正常的性生活。

It's the people with insecurities who make life difficult.就是那些没有安全感的人让生活变得问题不断。

the sort of life we can only fantasize about那种我们只能幻想的生活方式

country life乡村生活
city life城市生活
your personal life你的私人生活

My personal life has had to take second place to my career.我的私人生活只能排在我的事业之后。

your working life你的工作生涯

Interior designers spend their working lives keeping up to date with the latest trends.室内设计师的整个职业生涯都在紧跟时尚潮流。

3.(present condition)生活状态

My life has become a treadmill.我的生活状态变得单调乏味了。

Life won't be dull!生活不会枯燥无味的!

Her life seems to be full of surprises these days.这些日子她的生活中似乎充满了惊喜。

4.(liveliness)+of person, place活力;生气

He's sucked the life out of her.他使她变得毫无生气。

person, place +充满活力;充满生气

The town was full of life.这个镇子充满生气。

5.(living things)(统称)生物

Is there life on Mars?火星上有生物吗?

some useful facts about animal and plant life有关动植物的一些有用知识

6.(lifespan)+of equipment, machine使用寿命;使用期;使用年限

The repairs did not increase the life of the equipment.维修并没有延长这台仪器的使用寿命。

The average life of a dishwasher is 10 years.一部洗碗机的平均使用年限为10年。 

7.(rest of life)一生;终生;余生

He was sent to prison for life.他被判处无期徒刑。

to sentence sb to life判处某人无期徒刑
to be scarred for life留下终生的疤痕
8.(life imprisonment)无期徒刑
to get life被判处无期徒刑

She got life for the murder.她因谋杀被判无期徒刑。

9.(from birth to death)人生;一生

He spent the last fourteen years of his life in retirement.他在人生最后的14年里过着隐居的生活。

For the first time in his life he regretted that he had no faith.有生以来他第一次为自己没有信仰而后悔。

to spend your life doing sth用一生做某事;终生都在做某事

People spend their lives worrying about money.人们终生都在为钱发愁。

I can't spend the rest of my life wishing it hadn't happened.我不能下半辈子一直活在悔恨中, 希望这事没有发生过。

early in life在早年

Early in life she was convinced she wanted to be a composer.早年的时候, 她很确定自己想成为一名作曲家。

late in life在晚年

He only became close to his children late in life.他晚年时才和子女关系亲密起来。

10.(a being)活人;活物;生命

The intense fighting is reported to have claimed many lives.据报道, 这场激战造成了多人死亡。

11.(up till now)一生;这辈子
in my lifeorin all my life我这一辈子;我这一生

I have never been so scared in all my life.我这一生从未如此害怕过。

I have never seen such a shambles in my life.我一辈子都没见过这么混乱的场面。

I've never in my life heard such nonsense.我活到现在还没听过这样的胡说八道。

12.【文学】(biography)传记

A life of John Paul Jones had long interested him.约翰•保罗•琼斯的传记长久以来一直吸引着他。

13.(human activity)人的活动;生活;人生

Life had not been kind to her.人生从未善待过她。

14.(source of strength)力量(或活力、精神)的源泉
15.【酿酒】(葡萄酒等的)起泡
16.(strong flavour)(新鲜食物等的)浓烈气味
17.【游戏】(chance)
18.as large as life<非正式>千真万确;不容置疑
19.to be sb's life对某人至关重要

The Church is my life.教会对我至关重要。

20.to bring sth to life使…生动;使…有趣

The cold, hard cruelty of two young men is vividly brought to life in this true story.两个年轻人的冷酷无情在这个真实的故事里得到了生动的再现。

21.to build a new lifeorto start a new life开始新生活

He had gone as far away as possible to build a new life.他去了尽可能远的地方开始新的生活。

22.to come to lifeorto spring to lifeorto burst into life
(become active or interesting)启动;变得活泼;变得活跃;变得有趣

Suddenly the show came to life.表演突然变得很有趣。

To his great relief the engine came to life.发动机突然又开始转了, 这让他大大松了一口气。

In the garden of the Savoy Hotel the sprinklers suddenly burst into life.在萨瓦酒店花园里, 喷淋装置突然启动了。

Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life.原本看似枯燥无味的诗歌骤然变得有趣了。

The volcano came to life a week ago.这座火山一个星期前变得活跃起来。

(be realistic)显得逼真;被惟妙惟肖地展现

The drama came to life under her brilliant direction.在她出色的导演下, 这部戏演得活灵活现。

23.to fight for your life病情危重

Doctors say the young athlete is now fighting for his life.医生们说这位年轻运动员现在病情危重。

24.for your lifeorfor dear life逃命似的;拼命地

The girl was clinging to a tow rope, hanging on for dear life as it tugged her up the slope.女孩拼了命地紧紧抓住拖索, 被拉上斜坡。

I made for the life raft and hung on for dear life.我向救生筏游去, 拼命地紧紧抓住它。

We were hanging on for dear life. We were expecting to be closed down any day.我们正拼命地坚持着。我们估计随时有可能会关门大吉。

25.for the life of sb无论如何;不管怎样

I can't for the life of me understand why you didn't try.我无论如何也不明白你为什么没试试。

I can't for the life of me remember his name.我怎么也想不起来他的名字。

26.to get a life找点更有意义的事情做

These blokes are just bad losers who should get a life.这些家伙真是一帮差劲的废物, 应该找点有用的事做。

27.go for your life<非正式>(鼓励用语)你可以的, 没有问题
28.to have a life过更充实(或更有意义)的生活
29.larger than life夸大的;夸张的

Throughout his career he's always been a larger than life character.在他的职业生涯中, 他一直都是一个传奇人物。

30.to lay down your life(为事业或他人)献出生命, 牺牲生命
31.to the life逼真地;惟妙惟肖地
32.life after death来生

I believe in life after death.我相信来生。

33.the life and soul of sth<非正式>中最活跃风趣的人物;…中的活跃分子

He's the life and soul of the party.他是聚会的灵魂人物。

34.life goes on生命在继续
35.the life of Riley<非正式>无忧无虑的生活;安逸的生活
36.to live life to the full充分享受生活
37.to live your own life过某人自己的生活

Adults need to live their own lives and that's difficult with children.成年人需要过他们自己的生活, 但有了孩子就很难做到了。

38.to make life worth living让生活有价值(或意义)

Those are the moments which make life worth living.那些时刻让生活变得有价值。

39.not on your life<美,非正式>绝不可能;绝对不;绝不会
40.to risk life and limb冒生命危险;冒死;不惜受伤

The dashing hero risked life and limb to rescue Daphne from the dragons.这位勇往直前的英雄冒着生命危险从恶龙的手中营救达夫妮。

41.to rule sb's life支配某人的生活;控制某人的生活

I'm going to stop letting drugs and drink rule my life.我决心不再让毒品和酒精控制我的生活。

42.to save your life<非正式>无论怎样;即使竭尽全力

He couldn't play football to save his life.他怎么也学不会踢足球。

Winston could not have read the road signs to save his life.温斯顿无论如何也看不懂路标。

43.to start life as sthorto begin life as sth以…形式(或角色)开始存在

Herr's book started life as a dramatic screenplay.赫尔的书一开始是一个电影剧本。

44.to take sb's lifeorto claim sb's life杀死某人;造成某人死亡

Tuberculosis took the lives of millions before its cause was understood.在肺结核的病因被弄清楚前, 它造成了数百万人死亡。

45.to take your own life自杀

All the signs indicated that the actor had taken his own life.所有迹象都表明这位男演员是自杀。

46.that's life(表示接受现状)生活就是那样的
47.the time of your life难忘的愉快时光
48.true to life逼真的;栩栩如生的
49.what a life!(表示不满或困难)这是什么日子!

Here I am at a crummy hotel with no clean clothes, no money and suffering from shock. What a life!我如今身在一家破旧的旅馆里, 没有干净衣服, 没有一分钱, 又惊魂未定。这是什么日子啊!

life² /laɪf/ adj.
1.(for life)+ membership, subscription, ban终身的;永久的
a life membership in the society协会的终身会员资格
2.(about life)人生的;一生的

She practically gave us her life story.她实事求是地给我们讲了她的人生经历。

3.【艺术】采用活体模型的;照实物画的

She had once posed for life classes when she was an art student.她在艺校上学时曾当过人体写生课模特。

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