| 英语单词 | life |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [laɪf] 美 [laɪf] |
| 中文释义 | n.一生；生命；生活；人生 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Surely, I will keep the secret for my whole life. (2) He had a car accident and his life was in danger. (3) I prefer country life to city life. (4) As we know, life is often compared with a voyage. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 当然,我会一生保守这个秘密。 (2) 他遭遇车祸,有生命危险。 (3) 我喜爱乡村生活,不喜爱城市生活。 (4) 如我们所知道的,人生常被比做航海。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Plants, animals, insects, bacteria, viruses, algae, mold and humans all have life: they grow, eat, make waste, change, and reproduce. Rocks and minerals, not doing any of these, do not have life. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Your life is the time from your birth to your death — you can see this in its origins: "to remain, persevere, continue, live." Life is everything that happens: When people say, "That's life," they mean all the events and tendencies, the human condition itself. You might hear about "city life" — or "country life" for that matter — meaning the habits and expectations of inhabitants of a particular place. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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.
2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（总称）生物 You can use life to refer to things or groups of things which are alive. [with supp]
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（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. [usu poss N]
4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]寿命；一生 Someone's life is the period of time during which they are alive. [poss N]
5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. [with supp]
6 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（特定的）生活 You can use life to refer to particular activities which people regularly do during their lives. [supp N]
7 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]生活 You can use life to refer to the events and experiences that happen to people while they are alive.
8 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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.
9 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（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. [usu supp N]
10 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]活力；生气 A person, place, book, or film that is full of life gives an impression of excitement, energy, or cheerfulness. [approval]
11 [N-COUNT 可数名词]传记 A life of a person is a book or film which tells the story of their life. [oft N
12 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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. [INFORMAL 非正式]
13 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（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. [with poss]
14 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（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.
15 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects]
16 [PHRASE 短语]（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. [V inflects]
17 [PHRASE 短语]变得活跃 If something or someone comes to life, they become active. [V inflects]
18 [PHRASE 短语]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.
19 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects] [JOURNALISM 新闻]
20 [PHRASE 短语]终生 For life means for the rest of a person's life. [PHR after v]
21 [PHRASE 短语]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. [with brd-neg] [emphasis] [INFORMAL 非正式]
22 [PHRASE 短语]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. [PHR after v] [emphasis] [INFORMAL 非正式]
23 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects] [approval] 24 [PHRASE 短语]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. [disapproval] [INFORMAL 非正式] 25 [CONVENTION 惯用语]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. [feelings]
26 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V and N inflect] 27 [PHRASE 短语]（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. [usu n PHR]
28 [PHRASE 短语]（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. [usu with brd-neg] [emphasis]
29 [PHRASE 短语]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. [N inflects] [emphasis]
30 [PHRASE 短语]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. [v-link PHR]
31 [PHRASE 短语]牺牲生命 If someone lays down their life for another person, they die so that the other person can live. [V inflects] [LITERARY 文]
32 [PHRASE短语 ]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. [V inflects]
33 [PHRASE 短语]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. [N inflects]
34 [CONVENTION 惯用语]（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. [emphasis] [INFORMAL 非正式]
35 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V and N inflect]
36 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V and N inflect]
37 [PHRASE 短语]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. [N inflects] [emphasis] [INFORMAL 非正式]
38 [PHRASE 短语]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 . [usu v-link PHR] [approval] 39 [PHRASE 短语]（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. [V inflects]
40 [PHRASE 短语]杀死（某人） If someone takes another person's life, they kill them. If someone takes their own life, they kill themselves. [V and N inflect] [FORMAL 正式]
41 [CONVENTION 惯用语]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. [feelings]
42 [PHRASE 短语]（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. [V inflects] [LITERARY 文]
43 [CONVENTION 惯用语]这叫什么生活啊 People say 'What a life' to indicate that they are unhappy or are having great difficulties. [feelings]
44 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects]
45 See also:fact of life ；kiss of life. a matter of life and death ； →see: death ； a new lease of life→see: |
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