| 词汇 | life |
| 释义 | life | BrE lʌɪf, AmE laɪf | noun plural lives ① countable and uncountable (of people, animals, plants) 生命 ; (existence) 生存 ▸ life and death 生与死 ▸ to bring sb/sth (back) to life (revive sb/sth appearing to be dead) 使某人/某物苏醒 (revive sb/sth that has died) 使某人/某物复活 ▸ to come (back) to life (return from death) 复活 (become lively) 变得活跃 ▸ to frighten the life out of sb 把某人吓得魂飞魄散 ▸ the journalists had been pestering the life out of him 那些记者一直纠缠他，令他不胜其烦 ▸ his life is at stake 他性命堪忧 ▸ to risk one's life 冒生命危险 ▸ to lose one's life 丧生 ▸ 4,000 lives were lost in the earthquake 有4,000人在这场地震中丧生 ▸ to take sb's life 杀死某人 ▸ to take one's (own) life 自杀 ▸ to take one's life in one's hands 冒生命危险 ▸ to lay down one's life (for sb/sth) （为某人/某事物）牺牲自己的生命 ▸ to lay down one's life for one's country 为国捐躯 ▸ to give one's life 献出生命 ▸ for one's life, for dear life 拼命地 ▸ for the life of me/him etc. informal 无论如何 ▸ not on your life! informal 决不！ ▸ to make an attempt on sb's life; 企图杀死某人 ② uncountable (living things) 生物 ▸ there was no sign of life 没有生命迹象 ▸ plant/animal life 植物/动物 ▸ bird/insect/human life 鸟类/昆虫类/人类 ③ countable and uncountable (period from birth to death) 一生 ; (part of this period) 一生中的部分时间 ▸ the insect has a relatively short life 昆虫的寿命较短 ▸ all one's life 一辈子 ▸ adult/early life 成年/幼年 ▸ the rest of one's life 余生 ▸ to start a new life 开始新生活 ▸ in this life and the next 今生和来世 ▸ at sb's time of life 在某人这个年纪 ▸ for life 终身 ▸ she gave him the shock of his life 她让他感到了前所未有的震惊 ▸ the time of one's life 特别愉快的时光 ▸ the children were having the time of their lives 孩子们玩得特别高兴 before noun 终身的 ▸ life membership 终身会员身份 ④ countable and uncountable (social activity, lifestyle) 生活经历 ▸ to have a hard life 生活艰难 ▸ private/family life 私生活/家庭生活 ▸ the man/woman in sb's life 某人生活中的男人/女人 ▸ the life and times of sb 某人的生平 ▸ modern/country/college/political life 现代/乡村/大学/政治生活 ▸ way of life 生活方式 ▸ this is the life! 这才叫生活！ ▸ that's the life for me! 那就是我的生活方式！ ▸ what a life! 生活不易啊！ ⑤ countable (purpose of one's existence) 人生目的 ▸ singing is her life 唱歌是她的生命 ▸ his son is his life 儿子是他的命根子 ⑥ uncountable (as general concept) 生活 ▸ life in general 日常生活 ▸ how's life? 最近过得怎么样？ ▸ don't make life too difficult for yourself 不要自找麻烦 ▸ life had passed her by 她没有得到生活的眷顾 ▸ life goes on, life must go on 生活还是要继续 ▸ that's life! 生活就是这样！ ▸ such is life! 这就是生活！ ▸ life is too short for sth/for doing sth 人生苦短，不应浪费在某事物/做某事上 ⑦ uncountable (ways of living) 社会生活 ▸ to see life 见世面 ▸ from all walks of life 来自各行各业 ⑧ uncountable Art (model) 实物 ▸ to draw from life 写生 ⑨ uncountable (animation, vigour) 活力 ▸ there was no life in her voice 她的声音有气无力 ▸ to bring sth to life; (make lively) 使某事物更生动 (make realistic) 使某事物显得逼真 ▸ the actor brought the character to life 那位演员把人物演活了 ▸ to come to life; (become animated) 变得活跃 (become realistic) 显得逼真 ▸ exhibitions that make history come to life 生动再现历史的展览 ▸ the engine roared into life 引擎隆隆几声发动起来 ▸ to put life into sb/sth; 为某人/某物注入活力 ⑩ uncountable (useful duration) (of machine, clothes, vehicle) 使用期 ; (of organization, institution) 存在期 ; (of licence) 有效期 ▸ during the life of the last government 在上届政府执政期间 ▸ how much life is left in them? 它们还能用多久？ ⑪ uncountable informal (life imprisonment) 无期徒刑 ▸ to give sb life; 判某人无期徒刑 ▸ to do life; 服无期徒刑 ⑫ countable (biography) 传记 ▸ a life of sb 某人的传记 ⑬ countable Games 命 [指玩家出局前的机会]▸ I've got two lives left 我还剩2条命 |
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