life
- n.生活;生命，性命;一生，寿命;生活方式;生物，活物;活力，活跃，生气;无期徒刑，终身监禁;生机;人命;(物的)使用期，有效期;弹性;传记;（绘画的）模特儿，实物，实景;人生阶段;(酒等的)起泡;活力的源泉，活跃气氛的人(或事物);<宗>(肉体死亡后的)灵魂存在;(新鲜食物等的)浓烈风味，辛辣味;玩游戏者出局前几次机会中的）一次机会
- adj.一生的, 终身的;生命的，生物的;采用活体模型的，照实物画(或雕塑)的;人寿保险的
复数： lives
lifenoun
生存状态 state of living
生命
the ability to breathe, grow, reproduce, etc. which people, animals and plants have before they die and which objects do not have
life and death
生与死
The body was cold and showed no signs of life .
那躯体冰凉，显现不出有生命的迹象。
My father died last year─I wish I could bring him back to life .
去年我父亲逝世了——我要是能使他起死回生该多好啊。
In spring the countryside bursts into life.
乡村在春天生机盎然。
人命；性命；人的存活
the state of being alive as a human; an individual person's existence
The floods caused a massive loss of life (= many people were killed) .
洪水造成许多人丧生。
He risked his life to save his daughter from the fire.
他冒着生命危险从火中救出他的女儿。
Hundreds of lives were threatened when the building collapsed.
数百条性命在大楼垮塌时受到了威胁。
The operation saved her life .
手术挽救了她的生命。
My grandfather lost his life (= was killed) in the war.
我的祖父在战争中丧生。
Several attempts have been made on the President's life (= several people have tried to kill him) .
已有数人试图谋杀总统。
生物 living things
生物；活物
living things
plant/animal life
植 / 动物
marine/pond life
海洋 / 池塘生物
Is there intelligent life on other planets?
在其他星球上存在具有智力的生命吗？
时期 period of time
一生；终身；寿命；一生中的部分时间
the period between sb's birth and their death; a part of this period
He's lived here all his life .
他在这里住了一辈子了。
I've lived in England for most of my life.
我大半生都住在英格兰。
to have a long/short life
寿命长 / 短
He became very weak towards the end of his life.
他临终时很虚弱。
Brenda took up tennis late in life .
布伦达在晚年打起网球来了。
He will spend the rest of his life (= until he dies) in a wheelchair.
他将在轮椅上度过他的余生。
There's no such thing as a job for life any longer.
不再有像终身职位这样的事了。
She is a life member of the club.
她是这个俱乐部的终身会员。
in early/adult life
幼 / 成年
（某情景或工作的）一段生活经历
a period of sb's life when they are in a particular situation or job
She has been an accountant all her working life .
她在整个职业生涯中一直是会计师。
He met a lot of interesting people during his life as a student.
他在学生时代接触过许多有趣的人。
They were very happy throughout their married life .
他们婚后生活一直很幸福。
存在期；（某物的）寿命；有效期
the period of time when sth exists or functions
The International Stock Exchange started life as a London coffee shop.
国际证券交易所起初是伦敦的一家咖啡馆。
They could see that the company had a limited life (= it was going to close) .
他们意识到公司的寿命不长了。
In Italy the average life of a government is eleven months.
意大利每届政府的平均寿命是十一个月。
惩罚 punishment
无期徒刑；终身监禁
the punishment of being sent to prison for life; life imprisonment
The judge gave him life .
法官判他无期徒刑。
经历；活动 experience/activities
生活经历
the experience and activities that are typical of all people's existences
the worries of everyday life
日常生活中的操心事
He is young and has little experience of life .
他年轻，不谙世事。
Commuting is a part of daily life for many people.
乘车上下班是许多人日常生活的一部分。
Jill wants to travel and see life for herself.
吉尔想出去旅行，亲身体验一下生活。
We bought a dishwasher to make life easier .
为使生活轻松些我们买了一台洗碗机。
In Africa life can be hard.
在非洲生活可能是艰苦的。
In real life (= when she met him) he wasn't how she had imagined him at all.
一见面才发现他完全不是她所想象的那样。
Life isn't like in the movies, you know.
你知道，生活不像在电影里那样。
（某种方式的）生活
the activities and experiences that are typical of a particular way of living
country/city life
乡村 / 城市生活
She enjoyed political life.
她喜爱政治生活。
family/married life
家庭 / 婚后生活
How do you find life in Japan?
你觉得日本的生活如何？
个人生活；个人经历；个人生活某一方面的活动
a person's experiences during their life; the activities that form a particular part of a person's life
He has had a good life .
他一直过着优裕的生活。
a hard/an easy life
艰难 / 安逸舒适的生活
My day-to-day life is not very exciting.
我的日常生活很平淡。
a life of luxury
奢侈的生活
Her daily life involved meeting lots of people.
她在日常生活中要接触很多人。
Many of these children have led very sheltered lives (= they have not had many different experiences) .
这些儿童中很多人都是温室里的花朵。
They emigrated to start a new life in Canada.
他们移居加拿大，开始了新的生活。
He doesn't like to talk about his private life .
他不愿谈及他的私生活。
She has a full social life .
她的社交活动非常频繁。
articles about the love lives of the stars
有关明星爱情生活的文章
活力；兴奋 energy/excitement
活力；生命力；生气
the quality of being active and exciting
This is a great holiday resort that is full of life .
这里生气勃勃，是一个绝妙的度假胜地。
艺术 in art
（绘画的）模特儿，实物，实景
a living model or a real object or scene that people draw or paint
She had lessons in drawing from life.
她学了实物写生课程。
a life class (= one in which art students draw a naked man or woman)
人体写生课
传记 story of life
生平事迹；传记
a story of sb's life
She wrote a life of Mozart.
她写了一部莫扎特的传记。
儿童游戏 in children's games
（玩游戏者出局前几次机会中的）一次机会
one of a set number of chances before a player is out of a game
He's lost two lives, so he's only got one left.
他失去了两次机会，所以只剩下一次了。
be the most important person or thing to sb
我这几个孩子就是我的命根子。
My children are my life.
Writing is his life.
写作是他的生命。
to make sb/sth more interesting or exciting
新来的老师给我们把法语教得生动活泼。
The new teacher really brought French to life for us.
Flowers can bring a dull room back to life.
鲜花可使沉闷的房间恢复生气。
as hard or as fast as possible
她死命抓着那根绳子。
She was holding on to the rope for dear life.
Run for your life!
快跑啊！
however hard you try
我怎么也想象不出他们为什么要走。
I cannot for the life of me imagine why they want to leave.
to frighten sb very much
having a lot of energy
used to tell sb to stop being boring and to do sth more interesting
to die in order to save sb/sth
the possibility or belief that people continue to exist in some form after they die
the most amusing and interesting person at a party, etc.
used to say that there is a situation in which it is not thought to be important if people somewhere die or are treated badly
seeming to move or function by itself without a person touching or working it
used to say that it is not worth wasting time doing sth that you dislike or that is not important
to cause problems for sb
the man or woman that you are having a sexual or romantic relationship with
used to refuse very firmly to do sth
to kill sb
to kill yourself
to risk being killed
你在这里过马路简直是冒险玩命。
You take your life in your hands just crossing the road here.
used when you are disappointed about sth but know that you must accept it
in a bad situation you must not give up hope because there is always a chance that it will improve
to improve sth by introducing new ideas and making people more interested in it
to die. People say depart this life to avoid saying die .
an unhappy life, full of problems or unfair treatment
a situation that cannot be changed, especially one that is unpleasant
feeling frightened that you might be killed
to make a great effort to stay alive, especially when you are badly injured or seriously ill
used to describe a situation that is very important or serious
to behave in a way that makes sb else feel very unhappy
to be very lucky in dangerous situations
to risk being killed or injured in order to do sth
to be completely unable to do sth
要他的命，他也采访不了人。
He can't interview people to save his life.
a film/movie, play or book that gives a very realistic view of ordinary life
to suddenly start working or doing sth
他突然行动起来，说道：“咱们走！”
‘Let's go!’ he said, springing into action.
The town springs into life (= becomes busy) during the carnival.
狂欢节期间，全城突然热闹起来。
a basic food, especially bread
when you say that's the story of my life about an unfortunate experience you have had, you mean you have had many similar experiences
at the age you are (especially when you are not young)
到我这把年纪，视力绝不会变好的。
Eyesight doesn't get any better at my time of life.
seeming real rather than invented
new and exciting experiences make life more interesting
a person's job or position in society
她在社会各界中都有朋友。
She has friends from all walks of life.
the typical pattern of behaviour of a person or group
美国人的生活方式
the American way of life
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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
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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？
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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！
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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。
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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？
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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. -
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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. -
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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。
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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. -
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。”
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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 . -
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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。
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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。
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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。”
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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。
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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！
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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！
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See also:fact of life;kiss of life. a matter of life and death
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- living things collectively
- the oceans are teeming with life
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- animation and energy in action or expression
- it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
- Synonym: liveliness spirit sprightliness
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- the experience of being alive;the course of human events and activities
- he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
- Synonym: living
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- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- Synonym: biography life story life history
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- a motive for living
- pottery was his life
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- a living person
- his heroism saved a life
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- the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
- there is no life on the moon
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- 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
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- 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
- Synonym: animation living aliveness
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- a characteristic state or mode of living
- social life
- city life
- real life
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- 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
- Synonym: lifetime life-time lifespan
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- the period between birth and the present time
- I have known him all his life
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- the period from the present until death
- he appointed himself emperor for life
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- a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
- he got life for killing the guard
- Synonym: life sentence
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It was time she put her life in order .
她到了该好好安排自己生活的时候了。
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He 's got a new woman in his life .
他生活中又有了一个女人。
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The cost in terms of human life was high .
付出了很大的生命代价。
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It 's important to try and make something of your life .
在一生中有所成就是很重要的。
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People tend to work hard at this stage of life .
人在这个人生阶段往往发奋努力。
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The operation could prolong his life by two or three years .
这次手术可使他多活两三年。
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They had got too used to the soft life at home .
他们实在是过惯了家里的安逸生活。
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He doesn 't like to talk about his private life .
他不愿谈及他的私生活。
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His quality of life has improved dramatically since the operation .
手术后他的生活质量大大改善了。
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Stress is a major problem of modern life .
压力是现代生活中的主要问题。
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It was a chance meeting that would change my life .
那次偶然的会面改变了我的一生。
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His first music teacher was a major influence in his life .
他的第一位音乐老师是他一生中对他影响非常大的人。
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He has had a good life .
他一直过着优裕的生活。
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Few people can count on having a job for life .
几乎没有人能指望一辈子都干一个工作。
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It was the best day of my life .
这是我一生中最美好的一天。
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Life isn 't like in the movies , you know .
你知道，生活不像在电影里那样。
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For years we had little knowledge of what life was like inside China .
以往很多年我们对于中国国内的生活情况所知甚少。
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Her job added a new dimension to her life .
她的工作为她的生活增添了新的内容。
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Life was never going to be so free and easy again .
生活绝不会再那样无拘无束了。
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Changing schools made a big difference to my life .
转学对我的一生有着重大影响。
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It was an event that would transform my life .
那是能够彻底改变我一生的一件事。
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The body was cold and showed no signs of life .
那躯体冰凉，显现不出有生命的迹象。
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She takes an active part in school life .
她积极参加学校活动。
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They didn 't have much success in life .
他们一生没取得多大成就。
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Great art has the power to change lives .
伟大艺术品的力量可以改变人们的生活。
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Her life is one long round of parties and fun .
她的生活就是没完没了的聚会娱乐。
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She has lost all sense of direction in her life .
她完全丧失了生活的方向。
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The art collection was his life 's work .
收集艺术品是他一生的工作。
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Commuting is a part of daily life for many people .
乘车上下班是许多人日常生活的一部分。
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She went to Australia to start a new life .
她去澳大利亚开始新的生活。
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