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life

life
[英] [laif] [美] [laɪf] 生词本

n.

  • 易混淆的单词：LIFE  

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1. N-UNCOUNT 生命；生存 Life is the quality which people, animals, and plants have when they are not dead, and which objects and substances do not have. 

  • ...a baby's first minutes of life...

    婴儿生命的最初几分钟

  • Amnesty International opposes the death penalty as a violation of the right to life.

    国际特赦组织反对死刑，称其违背了生命权。

  • ...the earth's supply of life-giving oxygen.

    地球上生物赖以维生的氧气量

2. N-UNCOUNT （总称）生物 You can use life to refer to things or groups of things which are alive. 

  • Is there life on Mars?...

    火星上有生物吗？

  • The book includes some useful facts about animal and plant life.

    这本书包括了有关动植物的一些有用的知识。

3. N-COUNT （尤指处于危险之中的）生命，性命 If you refer to someone's life, you mean their state of being alive, especially when there is a risk or danger of them dying. 

  • Your life is in danger...

    你的生命正处在危险中。

  • A nurse began to try to save his life...

    一名护士开始试图挽救他的生命。

  • The intense fighting is reported to have claimed many lives.

    据报道激烈的战斗导致很多人丧生。

4. N-COUNT 寿命；一生 Someone's life is the period of time during which they are alive. 

  • He spent the last fourteen years of his life in retirement...

    他一生中最后的14年是在退休中度过的。

  • For the first time in his life he regretted that he had no faith.

    有生以来第一次他为自己没有信仰而后悔。

5. N-COUNT 人生阶段 You can use life to refer to a period of someone's life when they are in a particular situation or job. 

  • 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是紧跟时尚潮流的。

  • That was the beginning of my life in the television business.

    这是我投身电视业的初始阶段。

6. N-COUNT （特定的）生活 You can use life to refer to particular activities which people regularly do during their lives. 

  • My personal life has had to take second place to my career...

    我的私人生活不得不为事业让路。

  • Most diabetics have a normal sex life.

    绝大多数糖尿病患者有着正常的性生活。

7. N-UNCOUNT 生活 You can use life to refer to the events and experiences that happen to people while they are alive. 

  • Life won't be dull!...

    生活绝不会沉闷！

  • 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 fantasise about living.

    我们只能幻想的那种生活

8. N-UNCOUNT 世事；人生 If you know a lot about life, you have gained many varied experiences, for example by travelling a lot and meeting different kinds of people. 

  • 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人生。

9. N-UNCOUNT （有关特定地方、团体或活动的）生活 You can use life to refer to the things that people do and experience that are characteristic of a particular place, group, or activity. 

  • How did you adjust to college life?

    你是如何适应大学生活的？

  • ...the culture and life of north Africa...

    北非的文化与生活

  • He abhors the wheeling-and-dealing associated with conventional political life.

    他憎恨传统政治生活中的尔虞我诈。

10. N-UNCOUNT 活力；生气 A person, place, book, or film that is full of life gives an impression of excitement, energy, or cheerfulness. 

  • The town itself was full of life and character...

    这个城市本身充满活力，个性十足。

  • The rejection of the Jewish theme meant the rejection of everything that gave the script passion and life...

    抛弃了犹太主题就等于完全抛弃了这个剧本的激情与活力之源。

  • He's sucked the life out of her.

    他使她变得毫无生气。

11. N-COUNT 传记 A life of a person is a book or film which tells the story of their life. 

  • A life of John Paul Jones had long interested him.

    他很久以来一直都想创作一部关于约翰·保罗·琼斯的传记作品。

12. N-UNCOUNT 无期徒刑；终身监禁 If someone is sentenced to life, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life or for a very long time. 

  • He could get life in prison, if convicted.

    如果罪名成立，他可能会被判终身监禁。

13. N-COUNT （机器等的）使用期，有效期；（组织、项目等的）存在期 The life of something such as a machine, organization, or project is the period of time that it lasts for. 

  • The repairs did not increase the value or the life of the equipment.

    维修既没有使设备增值，也没有延长其使用寿命。

14. N-UNCOUNT （绘画、雕塑中的）写生 In art, life refers to the producing of drawings, paintings, or sculptures that represent actual people, objects, or places, rather than images from the artist's imagination. 

  • ...learning to draw from life...

    学习写生

  • She had once posed for Life classes when she was an art student.

    她在艺校上学时曾为人体写生课当过模特儿。

15. PHRASE 是（某人）生活的寄托；是对（某人）来说生命般宝贵的人（或事物） If you say that something or someone is your life, you are emphasizing that they are extremely important to you. 

  • The Church is my life.

    教会就是我生命的全部。

16. PHRASE （使）变得生动；（使）变得有趣 If you bring something to life or if it comes to life, it becomes interesting or exciting. 

  • The cold, hard cruelty of two young men is vividly brought to life in this true story...

    这个真实的故事把两个年轻人的冷酷残忍刻画得入木三分。

  • Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life.

    原本显得沉闷枯燥的诗歌突然有了生气。

17. PHRASE 变得活跃 If something or someone comes to life, they become active. 

  • The volcano came to life a week ago.

    一个星期前，火山开始变得活跃。

18. PHRASE 死后（某种形式）的存在 If you talk about life after death, you are discussing the possibility that people may continue to exist in some form after they die. 

  • I believe in life after death.

    我相信人死后生命会以某种形式存在。

19. PHRASE 在死亡线上挣扎；与生命抗争 If you say that someone is fighting for their life, you mean that they are in a very serious condition and may die as a result of an accident or illness. 

  • He was in a critical condition, fighting for his life in hospital.

    他的情况很危急，正在医院里与死神搏斗。

20. PHRASE 终生 For life means for the rest of a person's life. 

  • He was jailed for life in 1966 for the murder of three policemen...

    他因谋杀了3名警察而在1966年被终身监禁。

  • She may have been scarred for life...

    她可能会留下永久的创伤。

  • There can be no jobs for life.

    没有一辈子的饭碗。

21. PHRASE 无论如何，再怎么（也不能） If you say that you cannot for the life of you understand or remember something, you are emphasizing that you cannot understand or remember it, even if you try hard. 

  • I can't for the life of me understand why you didn't think of it.

    我无论如何也无法理解你为什么没想到这个。

22. PHRASE 拼命地；尽最大努力地 If you say that someone does something for dear life or for their life, you mean that they do it using all their strength and effort because they are in a dangerous or urgent situation. 

  • I made for the life raft and hung on for dear life.

    我游到救生筏前，死命地抓住它。

23. PHRASE 过得很充实 If you say that someone lives life to the full, you mean that they try to gain a lot from life by being always busy and trying new activities. 
24. PHRASE 做点有益的事；不要成天鸡毛蒜皮 If you tell someone to get a life, you are expressing frustration with them because their life seems boring or they seem to care too much about unimportant things. 
25. CONVENTION 生活还是要继续 You can say 'Life goes on' after mentioning something very sad to indicate that, although people are very upset or affected by it, they have to carry on living normally. 

  • I can't spend the rest of my life wishing it hadn't happened. Life goes on.

    我不能下半辈子一直活在希望这事没有发生的阴影中。生活还是要继续。

26. PHRASE 有业余爱好；生活丰富多彩 If you say that you have a life, you mean that you have interests and activities, particularly outside your work, which make your life enjoyable and worthwhile. 
27. PHRASE （男人或女人）在（某人）生活中的，与（某人）有恋爱关系（或性关系）的 If you talk about the man or woman in someone's life, you mean the person they are having a relationship with, especially a sexual relationship. 

  • There is a new man in her life.

    她有了一个新男友。

28. PHRASE （强调从来没有经历过）我一生中 You can use in all my life or in my life to emphasize that you have never previously experienced something to such a degree. 

  • I have never been so scared in all my life...

    我一生中从来没有这么害怕过。

  • I have never seen such a shambles in my life.

    我一辈子都没见过这么乱七八糟的场面。

29. PHRASE 从来没受过这样的惊吓/从来没跑这么快过 You can use expressions such as the fright of your life or the race of your life to emphasize, for example, that you have never been so frightened or that you never have run faster. 

  • A top reggae singer gave a young fan the thrill of her life when he serenaded her.

    一名当红雷盖乐歌手对着一个年轻的歌迷唱了一首小夜曲，这让她感到了前所未有的激动与兴奋。

30. PHRASE 夸张的；夸大的；超群的 If you say that someone or something is larger than life, you mean that they appear or behave in a way that seems more exaggerated or important than usual. 

  • ...not that we should expect all good publishers to be larger than life...

    不等于说我们要求所有的优秀出版社都与众不同。

  • Throughout his career he's always been a larger than life character.

    在他的整个职业生涯中，他都是一个非同凡响的人物。

31. PHRASE 牺牲生命 If someone lays down their life for another person, they die so that the other person can live. 

  • Man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends.

    牺牲自己的生命去救朋友，没有比这更伟大的爱了。

32. PHRASE 冒着生命危险 If someone risks life and limb, they do something very dangerous that may cause them to die or be seriously injured. 

  • Viewers will remember the dashing hero, Dirk, risking life and limb to rescue Daphne from the dragons.

    观众不会忘记风度翩翩的男主角德克冒着生命危险把达芙妮从恶龙爪下救出的情形。

33. PHRASE 新生活 If you start a new life, you move to another place or country, or change your career, usually to try and recover from an unpleasant experience. 

  • 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。

34. CONVENTION （表示断然拒绝）决不会，绝不可能 If someone says 'Not on your life', they are totally rejecting a suggestion that has been made. 

  • 'You should have given him a lift.' — 'In that condition? Not on your life!'

    “你应该让他搭一段车的。”——“在那种情况下？绝对不行。”

35. PHRASE 过自己的生活；按自己的方式生活 If you live your own life, you live in the way that you want to and accept responsibility for your actions and decisions, without other people's advice or interference. 

  • Adults need to live their own lives and that's difficult with children.

    大人需要过他们自己的生活，但有了孩子就很难做到了。

36. PHRASE 控制…的生活；左右…的生活 If you say that something rules someone's life, you mean that it affects everything they do, usually in a negative way. 

  • 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。

37. PHRASE 无论如何（都做不好） If you say that someone cannot do something to save their life, you are emphasizing that they do it very badly. 

  • Winston could not have read the road signs to save his life.

    温斯顿怎么也学不会看路标。

38. PHRASE 聚会的灵魂人物，社交场合的活跃人物（美国英语中通常作the life of the party） If you refer to someone as the life and soul of the party, you mean that they are very lively and entertaining on social occasions, and are good at mixing with people. In American English, you usually say that they are the life of the party . 
39. PHRASE （以…形式）开始存在 If something starts life or begins life as a particular thing, it is that thing when it first starts to exist. 

  • Herr's book started life as a dramatic screenplay.

    赫尔的书一开始是一个电影剧本。

40. PHRASE 杀死（某人） If someone takes another person's life, they kill them. If someone takes their own life, they kill themselves. 

  • Before execution, he admitted to taking the lives of at least 35 more women...

    被处决之前，他承认另外还杀死过至少35名女性。

  • He helped his first wife take her life when she was dying of cancer.

    他曾帮助自己身患癌症、不久于人世的第一任妻子自杀。

41. CONVENTION 生活就是如此；这就是人生 People say 'That's life' after an unlucky, unpleasant, or surprising event to show that they realize such events happen occasionally and must be accepted. 

  • 'It never would have happened if Florette had not gone back for the book.' — 'That's life.'

    “要是弗洛里特不回去取书就不会发生这样的事了。”——“这就是人生。”

42. PHRASE （机器、车辆）突然开动 You can use expressions such as to come to life ,to spring to life, and to roar into life to indicate that a machine or vehicle suddenly starts working or moving. 

  • 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.

    萨伏伊酒店花园里的洒水器突然开始喷水。

43. CONVENTION 这叫什么生活啊 People say 'What a life' to indicate that they are unhappy or are having great difficulties. 

  • 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！

44. PHRASE 生命无价值/使生命有价值 If you say that life isn't worth living without something, or that something makes life worth living, you mean that you cannot enjoy life without it. 

  • Life is not worth living without food you can look forward to and enjoy!...

    如果没有美食可以让人期待和享受，那人生还有什么意思！

  • Those are the moments which make life worth living.

    正是这些时刻让生活有了意义。

45. See also: fact of life; kiss of life. a matter of life and death;   →see: death;  a new lease of life→see: lease;  to have the time of your life→see: time;  true to life→see: true; 
Noun

1. a characteristic state or mode of living;

  • "social life"
  • "city life"
  • "real life"

2. the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living;

  • "he hoped for a new life in Australia"
  • "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others"

3. the experience of living; the course of human events and activities;

  • "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"

4. the condition of living or the state of being alive;

  • "while there's life there's hope"
  • "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

5. the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death);

  • "the battery had a short life"
  • "he lived a long and happy life"

6. the period between birth and the present time;

  • "I have known him all his life"

7. animation and energy in action or expression;

  • "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"

8. an account of the series of events making up a person's life

9. the period from the present until death;

  • "he appointed himself emperor for life"

10. a living person;

  • "his heroism saved a life"

11. living things collectively;

  • "the oceans are teeming with life"

12. a motive for living;

  • "pottery was his life"

13. the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones;

  • "there is no life on the moon"

14. a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives;

  • "he got life for killing the guard"

体育

  • 1.新机会
  • 2.加叫
  • 3.再一次击球机会

医学

  • 1.①生命，生活：生命现象的总合；有机物所处的某种特定的受激励的状态；有机体具有无机物所没有的某些能力和功能，如不同程度的组织、应激性、运动、生长、繁殖和适应性；②寿命

哲学

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  • 1.生命

水产

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  • 1.救生设备
  • 2.saving appliance 为救助落水人员而设置的专门设备及其附件的总称。

电工

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  • 1.寿命

计算机

  • 1.寿命，使用期限
1. Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town life.
甚至此人仍抱着幻觉，不知何故，农村生活就是优越于城市。

来自《用法词典》

2. I prefer country life to town life.
我更喜欢乡村生活而不喜欢城市生活。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Life was now drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas.
比起海外那种更富有刺激的生活方式来，现在的生活显得了无生气。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The paradox of earth is that it cradles life and then entombs life.
大地的奥妙在于它既生长万物，亦埋葬万物。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The poet lived a happy life in his later life.
这位诗人晚年过着一种幸福的生活。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. A beautiful girl has often an unfortunate life.
红颜多薄命。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7. A child's personality is fixed in the first five years of life.
小孩的性格在出生5年内就固定了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

8. A doctor and a street cleaner are in different walks of life.
医生和街道清洁工是不同行业的人。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning.
一把好日子胜过一蒲式耳的学问。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. A happy home life needs the effort from both sides of the couple.
美满的家庭生活要靠夫妻双方的努力。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. A hard blow on the ear deafened him for life.
耳朵上挨的一记猛击使他耳聋了一辈子。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. A large income is not necessary for the full enjoyment of life.
要生活得十分愉快不一定要有高收入。

来自《简明英汉词典》

13. A lucky find in the Cotswolds is helping archaeologists discover what life was like in Roman Britain.
在科茨沃尔德丘陵地带的幸运发现有助于考古学家了解罗马人统治时期不列颠的生活。

来自《简明英汉词典》

14. A lucky speculation in the stock market put him on easy street for the rest of his life.
股票市场上一次幸运的投机使他余生过着舒适的生活。

来自《简明英汉词典》

15. A man's life is limited,but service to the people knows no bounds.
一个人的生命是有限的，但为人民服务是无限的。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. A moment of mindless violence snuffed out his life.
一时无谓的暴力结束了他的生命。

来自《简明英汉词典》

17. A mother will sacrifice her life for her children.
为了孩子，一个母亲可以献出她自己的生命。

来自《简明英汉词典》

18. A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life.
他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。

来自《简明英汉词典》

19. A revolutionary's life used to be beset with dangers and hardships.
一个革命者的生活中往往充满危险和艰难。

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. A slight carelessness on this precipice could cost a man his life.
在这悬崖上稍一疏忽，就会使人丧生。

来自《简明英汉词典》