| 释义 |
life noun—生 n (almost always used) 命 n 生命 n 生活 pl Examples:the crucial point that brings the subject life—light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence one person, a matter of life or death to another—lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury—be remarkably true to life—The good things in life are worth waiting for—talented in letters and unconventional in life style—fight desperately (at the risk of one's life)—(work or fight) as if one's life depends on it—brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury—love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle—bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life—go back to one's station in life—give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country—general term for milk packaged for the consumer, including long-life (UHT) milk, pasteurized milk and reconstituted milk—seek life in death (idiom); to fight for one's life—while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); fight to the last—give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one—until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life—sacrificing one's life generously (idiom); sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause—(according an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students—walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)—abandon oneself to a life of pleasure—human life as grass (idiom); kill people like scything grass—car slave, sb forced sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car—Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence—ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready risk life and limb to help out—eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people—lit. hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life—give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life—return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)—untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life—heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause—life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)—wife kids and a warm bed (common saying); the simple and good life—magical hands bring the dying back life (idiom); miracle cure—drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)—neck (as in "save one's neck", i.e. one's life)—lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures—influence (a malefactor to a better life)—feel a strong attachment to home life—saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda [idiom.]—be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter [idiom.]—life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure [idiom.]— |