life
n. 生活, 生命, 人生, 世事, 生物, 寿命, 一生, 生命力, 灵魂, 无期徒刑 [医] 生活, 生存, 生命, 寿命
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教材释义与例句
生活，生存；寿命
the period of time when someone is alive
Learning goes on throughout life.
学习是一生的事。
You have your whole life ahead of you.
你前面还有漫长的人生呢。
I've known John all my life (= since I was born ).
我从小就认识约翰了。
His main aim in life was to have fun.
他人生的主要目标就是享乐。
It was one of the best days of my life.
那是我一生中最快乐的时光之一。
The accident scarred him for life (= for the rest of his life ).
这场事故给他留下了终生的创伤。
She knew she'd feel guilty for the rest of her life.
她知道自己将内疚终生。
Raj spent his life caring for others.
拉杰一辈子都在关爱他人。
Bonington spent his entire adult life in France.
博宁顿成年后就一直在法国生活。
We don't know much about the poet's early life (= when he was young ).
我们对这位诗人的早年生活所知甚少。
Poor diet can lead to a whole range of diseases in later life (= when you are older ).
饮食不良会在晚年引发各种疾病。
She married late in life (= when she was fairly old ).
她结婚晚。
He's a life member (= continuing until he dies ) of the club.
他是俱乐部的终身会员。
释义与例句
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The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
生命
生活
性命
不可数I want my kids to live a good life. He gave up on life.
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The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
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The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
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Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
不可数It's life, but not as we know it. She discovered plant life on the planet. The rover discovered signs of life on the alien world.
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A living being; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
可数 不可数Many lives were lost during the war. Her quick thinking saved many dogs' lives.
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Existence.
不可数Life is meaningless and we are all going to die.
Man's life on this planet has been marked by continual conflict.
the eternal life of the soul
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Existence.
A worthwhile existence.
不可数He gets up early in the morning, works all day long — even on weekends — and hardly sees his family. That's no life! His life was ruined by drugs.
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Existence.
A particular aspect of existence.
不可数He struggled to balance his family life, social life and work life.
sex life
political life
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Existence.
Social life.
非正式 不可数Get a life.
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Existence.
Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
不可数She's my love, my life. Running the bakery is her life.
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A period of time during which something has existence.
The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
不可数Life was something you dominated if you were any good. Life yielded easily to intelligence and effort, or to what proportion could be mustered of both.
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A period of time during which something has existence.
The span of time during which an object operates.
不可数This light bulb is designed to have a life of 2,000 hours.
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A period of time during which something has existence.
The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
不可数The life of this milk carton may be thousands of years in this landfill.
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A period of time during which something has existence.
A particular phase or period of existence.
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A period of time during which something has existence.
A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
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A period of time during which something has existence.
A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
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Animation; spirit; vivacity.
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Animation; spirit; vivacity.
The most lively component or participant.
不可数"Don't I know that it is you who is the life of this house. Two delightful children!"
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A biography.
不可数His life of the founder is finished, except for the title.
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Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
存在
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An opportunity for existence.
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An opportunity for existence.
One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
不可数 游戏Scoring 1000 points is rewarded with an extra life.
Spend the time killing things and there's a bonus for each hit - but only for fatalities notched up since the start of your current life.
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An opportunity for existence.
A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of a misplay by a member of the fielding team.
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An opportunity for existence.
One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.
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The life insurance industry.
不可数 商务 金融I work in life.
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A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
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To replace components whose operational lifetime has expired.
航空 商务 工程Now, the aim of the design is to extract more cycles from the component under study, at each new engine generation requirements are driving a reduction in the margin for the error, as parts cannot stand any drop in properties. Thus, the lifing procedures are refined by means of new models or additional specific testing for limiting features to increase the life of the components; […]
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Synonym of God's life (an oath).
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下位词 10
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词源
From Middle English lyf, from Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“life, body”), from *lībaną (“to remain, stay, be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with Scots life, leif (“life”), Saterland Frisian Lieuw (“body”), West Frisian liif (“body”), Cimbrian laip (“body”), Dutch lijf (“body”) and leven (“life”), German Leib (“body; womb”) and Leben (“life”), Low German Lief (“body; life”), Luxembourgish Leif, Läif (“body”), Vilamovian łaowa (“life”), Yiddish לײַב (layb, “body”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish liv (“life; waist”), Faroese lív (“life”), Icelandic líf (“life”). Related to belive. The sense "biography" is likely a semantic loan from Medieval Latin vīta (“biography; hagiography”).
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