lifetime

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n. 一生, 终生 a. 一生的, 终生的

发音

US /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/

词形变化

lifetimes 复数 lifetimes

别名

life-time

教材释义与例句

名词

一生；寿命；终生；使用期

the period of time during which someone is alive or something exists

It's the sort of opportunity you see only once in a lifetime.

这种机会你一辈子也只能碰到一次。

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    The duration of the life of someone or something.

    一生

    一辈子

    寿命

    毕生

    辈子

    a project that will take many human lifetimes to complete

    the operational lifetime of an aircraft component

    comes with a lifetime warranty

  2. 2.

    A long period of time.

    非正式

    I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

life lifespan

上位词 3

period period of time time period

下位词 2

afterlife hereafter

部分词 7

death age dying birth demise eld time of life

相关短语

lifetime job lifetime jobs one night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime 授人以鱼不如授人以渔 legend in one's own lifetime of a lifetime

词源

From Middle English lyftyme, equivalent to life + time. Cognate with Icelandic líftími (“lifetime”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Lieuwendstied, Dutch leeftijd and levenstijd, German Low German Levenstied, German Lebenszeit, Danish livstid, Swedish livstid.

来源：wiktionary