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life
laɪf laɪf
Word forms: plural lives/laɪvz/
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. 生命；生存

  • ...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

SYN being, existence, living, breath
2 N-UNCOUNT （总称）生物 You can use life to refer to things or groups of things which are alive. （总称）生物

  • 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。

SYN living things, creatures, wildlife, organisms
3 N-COUNT [usually poss NOUN] （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. （尤指处于危险之中的）生命，性命

  • 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. 寿命；一生

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

    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。

SYN existence, being, lifetime, time
5 N-COUNT [usually poss NOUN] 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. 人生阶段

  • 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. [+ in]

    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. （特定的）生活

  • 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. 生活

  • 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. 世事；人生

  • 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. （有关特定地方、团体或活动的）生活

  • 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. [+ of]

    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。

SYN way of life, situation, conduct, behaviour
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. 活力；生气 [approval]

  • 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。

SYN spirit, heart, soul, essence
11 N-COUNT [oft NOUN of n] 传记 A life of a person is a book or film which tells the story of their life. 传记

  • 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. 无期徒刑；终身监禁 [informal]

  • 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 [with poss] （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. （机器等的）使用期，有效期；（组织、项目等的）存在期

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

    维修既没有使设备增值，也没有延长其使用寿命。

SYN period of usefulness, existence, duration
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. （绘画、雕塑中的）写生

  • ...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 [VERB inflects] 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. 是（某人）生活的寄托；是对（某人）来说生命般宝贵的人（或事物）

  • 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. （使）变得生动；（使）变得有趣

  • 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. 变得活跃

  • The volcano came to life a week ago.

    一个星期前，火山开始变得活跃。

SYN rouse, revive, awaken, become active
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. 死后（某种形式）的存在

  • 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. 在死亡线上挣扎；与生命抗争

  • 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. 终生

  • 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 [with brd-neg, usu PHR before v, PHRASE with cl] 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. 无论如何，再怎么（也不能） [informal, emphasis]

  • 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. 拼命地；尽最大努力地 [informal, emphasis]

  • 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 [VERB inflects] 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. 过得很充实 [approval]
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. 做点有益的事；不要成天鸡毛蒜皮 [informal, disapproval]
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. 生活还是要继续 [feelings]

  • 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 [VERB and NOUN inflect] 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. 有业余爱好；生活丰富多彩
27 PHRASE [usually n 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. （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

  • 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. （强调从来没有经历过）我一生中 [emphasis]

  • 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 [NOUN inflects] 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. 从来没受过这样的惊吓/从来没跑这么快过 [emphasis]

  • 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. 夸张的；夸大的；超群的

  • ...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. 牺牲生命 [literary]

  • 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. 冒着生命危险

  • 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 [NOUN inflects] 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. 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。

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. （表示断然拒绝）决不会，绝不可能 [informal, emphasis]

  • '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 [VERB and NOUN inflect] 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. 过自己的生活；按自己的方式生活

  • 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 [VERB and NOUN inflect] 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. 控制…的生活；左右…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。

37 PHRASE [NOUN inflects, PHRASE after verb] 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. 无论如何（都做不好） [informal, emphasis]

  • 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 . 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） [approval]
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. （以…形式）开始存在

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

    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. 杀死（某人） [formal]

  • 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. 生活就是如此；这就是人生 [feelings]

  • '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。”

SYN that's the way things are, that's it, that's the way the cookie crumbles [informal]
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. （机器、车辆）突然开动 [literary]

  • 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. 这叫什么生活啊 [feelings]

  • 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 [VERB inflects] 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. 生命无价值/使生命有价值

  • 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 
Quotations
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more; it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing William Shakespeare Macbeth
The unexamined life is not worth living Socrates
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards Søren Kierkegaard
Life is a comedy to those that think, and a tragedy to those that feel Horace Walpole Letter to Anne, Countess of Upper Ossory
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot Charlie Chaplin
Life is long to the miserable, but short to the happy Publilius Syrus Sententiae
The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale Richard Dawkins The Blind Watchmaker
Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional qualities James Jeans The Mysterious Universe
Life is an abnormal business Eugène Ionesco The Rhinoceros
Life is fired at us point blank José Ortega y Gasset
There is only one minute in which you are alive, this minute - here and now. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. Which is exactly what it is - a miracle and unrepeatable Storm Jameson
Look to this day
For it is life, the very life of life The Sufi
In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world - but shall smile at the infinite delight and mystery of it William Saroyan
Man is born to live, not to prepare for life Boris Pasternak Doctor Zhivago
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time; it is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset Crowfoot, a great hunter of the Blackfoot Last words
Oh, what a day-to-day business life is Jules Laforgue Complainte sur certains ennuis
Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously! Friedrich Nietzsche Die fröhliche Wissenschaft
Life is just one damned thing after another Frank Ward O'Malley
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television Woody Allen Husbands and Wives
Lift not the painted veil which those who live
Call Life Percy Bysshe Shelley Sonnet
Life is one long process of getting tired Samuel Butler Notebooks
There is no wealth but life John Ruskin Unto This Last
Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time Jean Paul Richter Levana
Life isn't all beer and skittles Thomas Hughes Tom Brown's Schooldays
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan
The meaning of life is that it stops Franz Kafka
It is the essence of life that it exists for its own sake A.N. Whitehead Nature and Life
Old and young, we are all on our last cruise Robert Louis Stevenson Virginibus Puerisque
Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed Samuel Johnson Rasselas
'Tis all a chequer-board of nights and days
Where Destiny with men for pieces plays;
Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays,
And one by one back in the closet lays Edward Fitzgerald The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul Henry Wadsworth Longfellow A Psalm of Life
Trends of life
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