| 单词 | life |
| 释义 | lifeliveslifelife /laɪf/ noun (plural lives /laɪvz/)1[uncountable and countable] the period of time when you are alivesb’s lifeThis is the happiest day of my life.behappy这是我一生中最快乐的一天。He spent the rest of his life in France.spend他在法国度过余生。For the first time in my life, I felt old.feel我生平第一次感到自己老了。The accident left him crippled for life (=badly injured for the rest of his life).leavecripple那次事故让他终身残疾。2[uncountable and countable] the state of being alive ➔ alive, dead, live, death: He lost his life in a helicopter crash.lose他在一次直升机事故中丧身。3[uncountable and countable] all the experiences and activities that are typical of a particular job, situation, or activity ➔ lifestyle: Life in London is so hectic.be伦敦的生活是这么忙碌。family/home/married lifeprivate/social/sex/love etc lifeI don’t want any advice about my love life!我不需要别人对我的感情生活指手画脚！Having a baby changes your life.havechange有了孩子会改变你的生活。the American way of life 美国人的生活方式a life of crime/poverty etc4[uncountable] living things such as people, animals, or plants: Is there life on other planets?beplanet其他星球上有生命吗？plant/animal/bird etc lifethe island’s plant life这个岛上的植物5[uncountable] activity or movement: She was so young and full of life.be她非常年轻﹐充满活力。There were no signs of life in the house.besign房子里没有一丝生气。6[countable usually singular] the period of time that something continues to exist or be good enough to use SYN lifespanlife ofWhat’s the average life of a family car?家用汽车的平均使用寿命是多久？7 (also ˌlife imˈprisonment) [uncountable] when someone is put in prison for the rest of their life: I think murderers should get life.murderershall我认为杀人犯应该判无期徒刑。 ➔ double life, still life, way of lifePhrasesbring something to life/come to life to make something more exciting, or to become more exciting: The game really came to life in the second half.come比赛在下半场变得非常精彩。get a life! spoken used to tell someone that they are boring and should find more exciting things to do: Just stop complaining and get a life!complain就别再抱怨了，来点有意思的吧！real life what really happens, rather than what happens in stories or in your imagination: Real life is likely to be more complicated than that.becomplicate现实生活可能要比那复杂得多。in real lifeThings like that don’t happen in real life.thing像那样的事不会发生在现实生活中。that’s life spoken humorous said when something bad happens, to show that you accept it could happen to anyone: All our efforts were wasted, but I guess that’s life.effortbewast我们的所有努力都付诸东流了，但我想这就是生活吧。COLLOCATIONS: life (sense 2)sense 2verbsto save sb’s lifeWearing a seat belt can save your life.wearto risk your lifeHe risked his life to save his dog from drowning.riskdrownto lose your life (=to die)We remember those who lost their lives in the war.loseliveto take a life/sb’s life (=to kill someone)She believed it was a sin to take a life.believebeto take your own life (=to kill yourself)He had no reason to take his own life.haveto give your life/lay down your life (=to die in order to save other people, or because of a strong belief)I’d give my life for my children.childto spare sb’s life (=to not kill someone, when you could kill them)She begged him to spare the life of her son.begto cost somebody their life/cost lives (=to result in someone’s death)That decision may have cost him his life.Cutting the hospital’s funding will cost lives.cutfundliveto endanger sb’s lifeThe captain’s mistake endangered the lives of his passengers.endangerlivepassengerto be fighting for your life (=to be so ill or injured that you might die)The victim is now fighting for his life in hospital.befightto owe somebody your life (=to be still alive because of someone’s actions)I owe these doctors my life.doctornoun + lifeloss of life formal (=deaths)The flooding resulted in massive loss of life.floodresult |
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