life

[laif]

n.一生, 生命, 生活, 人生

n.

1. 生命; 生存[U]

How did life begin?

生命是如何起源的?

2. 生物, 活的东西[U]

There is no life on the moon.

月球上没有生物。

3. (个人的)性命[C]

He risked his life to save the child.

他冒生命危险救那孩子。

4. 一生; 寿命[C]

His life was full of misfortunes.

他的一生充满了不幸。

5. (物的)寿命, 有效期[C]

The machine's life is very long.

这机器使用寿命很长。

6. 人生; 世上[U]

Life isn't all fun.

人生不都是充满欢笑。

7. 生活(状态); 生计[C][U]

I know that he has a very hard life.

我知道他日子过得很艰难。

He did not know her way of life.

他不知道她的生活方式。

8. 传记[C]

I'm reading the life of Dickens.

我在读狄更斯的传记。

9. 元气, 活力[U]

He is full of life.

他充满了活力。

10. 支柱, 灵魂[the S][(+of)]

She was the life of the party.

她是宴会上最活跃的人。

11. 无期徒刑[U]

The criminal was sentenced to life.

罪犯被判处无期徒刑。

12. 实物, 真货[U]

This was painted from life.

这是根据实物画的。

词形变化

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词义辨析

同义:

n.生命; 生存

existence  being  

同义参见:

breath  biography  spirit  soul  blood  pep  on  zip  

反义:

n.生命; 生存

death  

英英释义

名词 life:

a characteristic state or mode of living

the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

同义词：living

the condition of living or the state of being alive

同义词：animation, living, aliveness

the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

同义词：lifetime, life-time, lifespan

the period between birth and the present time

animation and energy in action or expression

同义词：liveliness, spirit, sprightliness

an account of the series of events making up a person's life

同义词：biography, life story, life history

the period from the present until death

a living person

living things collectively

a motive for living

the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones

a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

同义词：life sentence

短语词组

all one's life

1. 一生

He has lived in Hongkong all his life.

他这一生都住在香港。

bring to life

1. 使苏醒

They brought the drowned swimmer back to life.

他们使溺水的游泳者苏醒过来。

come to life

1. 苏醒过来

The wounded soldier came to life again.

伤兵又苏醒过来。

for life

1. 终生

They became friends for life.

他们成了终生至交。

take one's (own) life

1. 自杀

In despair at his failure, he took his own life.

他因失败感到绝望而自杀。

take sb.'s life

1. 杀死某人

He took a friend's life a few years ago.

几年前他杀死了一位朋友。

to the life

1. 逼真地

He can imitate his father to the life.

他能惟妙惟肖地模仿他父亲的样子。

true to life

1. 逼真的

The picture is true to life.

这幅画栩栩如生。

补充

lifelife英:[laif] 美:[laɪf]n.1.生命2.生物3.人生, 生存His work is his whole life.他的工作是他全部生活的寄托。4.生活The adolescent life is most important.青春期的生活是非常重要的。5.人命, 性命During the earthquake many lives were lost.地震中死了许多人。6.一生, 终身, 终生Have you ever visited the Great Wall in your life?在你一生中, 你参观过长城吗?7.生活方式His way of life is rather austere.他的生活方式相当简朴。

例句

1. a baby's first minutes of life一个婴儿生命最初的几分钟 2. 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。 3. 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生活。 4. her last hours of life她生命的最后时刻 5. Your life is in danger.现在有性命之危。 6. She had risked her life to save mine.她冒着生命危险挽救了我的生命。 7. That was the beginning of my life in the television business.这是我电视生涯的开始。 8. How did you adjust to college life?你是如何适应大学生活的？ 9. Most diabetics have a normal sex life.大多数糖尿病患者都有正常的性生活。 10. 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。 11. the sort of life we can only fantasize about那种我们只能幻想的生活方式 12. My personal life has had to take second place to my career.我的私人生活只能排在我的事业之后。 13. 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在紧跟时尚潮流。 14. My life has become a treadmill.我的生活状态变得单调乏味了。 15. life won't be dull!生活不会枯燥无味的！ 16. Her life seems to be full of surprises these days.这些日子她的生活中似乎充满了惊喜。 17. He's sucked the life out of her.他使她变得毫无生气。 18. The town was full of life.这个镇子充满生气。 19. Is there life on Mars?火星上有生物吗？ 20. some useful facts about animal and plant life有关动植物的一些有用知识 21. The repairs did not increase the life of the equipment.维修并没有延长这台仪器的使用寿命。 22. The average life of a dishwasher is 10 years.一部洗碗机的平均使用年限为10年。　 23. He was sent to prison for life.他被判处无期徒刑。 24. She got life for the murder.她因谋杀被判无期徒刑。 25. He spent the last fourteen years of his life in retirement.他在人生最后的14年里过着隐居的生活。 26. For the first time in his life he regretted that he had no faith.有生以来他第一次为自己没有信仰而后悔。 27. People spend their lives worrying about money.人们终生都在为钱发愁。 28. I can't spend the rest of my life wishing it hadn't happened.我不能下半辈子一直活在悔恨中, 希望这事没有发生过。 29. Early in life she was convinced she wanted to be a composer.早年的时候, 她很确定自己想成为一名作曲家。 30. He only became close to his children late in life.他晚年时才和子女关系亲密起来。 31. The intense fighting is reported to have claimed many lives.据报道, 这场激战造成了多人死亡。 32. I have never been so scared in all my life.我这一生从未如此害怕过。 33. I have never seen such a shambles in my life.我一辈子都没见过这么混乱的场面。 34. I've never in my life heard such nonsense.我活到现在还没听过这样的胡说八道。 35. A life of John Paul Jones had long interested him.约翰•保罗•琼斯的传记长久以来一直吸引着他。 36. life had not been kind to her.人生从未善待过她。 37. The Church is my life.教会对我至关重要。 38. The cold, hard cruelty of two young men is vividly brought to life in this true story.两个年轻人的冷酷无情在这个真实的故事里得到了生动的再现。 39. 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。 40. Suddenly the show came to life.表演突然变得很有趣。 41. 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。 42. In the garden of the Savoy Hotel the sprinklers suddenly burst into life.在萨瓦酒店花园里, 喷淋装置突然启动了。 43. Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life.原本看似枯燥无味的诗歌骤然变得有趣了。 44. The volcano came to life a week ago.这座火山一个星期前变得活跃起来。 45. The drama came to life under her brilliant direction.在她出色的导演下, 这部戏演得活灵活现。 46. Doctors say the young athlete is now fighting for his life.医生们说这位年轻运动员现在病情危重。 47. The girl was clinging to a tow rope, hanging on for dear life as it tugged her up the slope.女孩拼了命地紧紧抓住拖索, 被拉上斜坡。 48. I made for the life raft and hung on for dear life.我向救生筏游去, 拼命地紧紧抓住它。 49. We were hanging on for dear life. We were expecting to be closed down any day.我们正拼命地坚持着。我们估计随时有可能会关门大吉。 50. I can't for the life of me understand why you didn't try.我无论如何也不明白你为什么没试试。 51. I can't for the life of me remember his name.我怎么也想不起来他的名字。 52. These blokes are just bad losers who should get a life.这些家伙真是一帮差劲的废物, 应该找点有用的事做。 53. Throughout his career he's always been a larger than life character.在他的职业生涯中, 他一直都是一个传奇人物。 54. I believe in life after death.我相信来生。 55. He's the life and soul of the party.他是聚会的灵魂人物。 56. Adults need to live their own lives and that's difficult with children.成年人需要过他们自己的生活, 但有了孩子就很难做到了。 57. Those are the moments which make life worth living.那些时刻让生活变得有价值。 58. The dashing hero risked life and limb to rescue Daphne from the dragons.这位勇往直前的英雄冒着生命危险从恶龙的手中营救达夫妮。 59. 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。 60. He couldn't play football to save his life.他怎么也学不会踢足球。 61. Winston could not have read the road signs to save his life.温斯顿无论如何也看不懂路标。 62. Herr's book started life as a dramatic screenplay.赫尔的书一开始是一个电影剧本。 63. Tuberculosis took the lives of millions before its cause was understood.在肺结核的病因被弄清楚前, 它造成了数百万人死亡。 64. All the signs indicated that the actor had taken his own life.所有迹象都表明这位男演员是自杀。 65. 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！ 66. She practically gave us her life story.她实事求是地给我们讲了她的人生经历。 67. She had once posed for life classes when she was an art student.她在艺校上学时曾当过人体写生课模特。 68. plant life植物 69. the origins of life.生命的起源。 70. some sort of life existed on Mars.火星上曾有过某种生物。 71. lower forms of life.低级生物。 72. the ice-cream vendors were the only signs of life.冰淇淋小贩们是（那地方）存在着生命活动的惟一迹象。 73. she didn't want to die; she loved life.她不想死，她热爱生命。 74. a superficial world where life revolved around the minutiae of outward appearance.一个虚浮的世界，外表微小的生命在其中循环轮回。 75. an experienced teacher will help you settle into school life.经验丰富的老师会帮助你适应校园生活。 76. revelations about his private life.有关他私生活的披露。 77. she was beautiful and full of life.她美丽而且充满活力。 78. a disaster that claimed the lives of 266 Americans.一场夺去266名美国人生命的大灾难。 79. his father decided to start a new life in California.他爸爸决定在加利福尼亚开始新生活。 80. a life of Shelley.雪莱的传记。 81. too much happiness in this life could reduce the chances of salvation in the next.今生过多的幸福可能会减少来世获拯救的机会。 82. she has lived all her life in the country.她的一生都是在乡下度过的。 83. I want to be with you for the rest of my life.我希望能与你共度余生。 84. they became friends for life.他们成了终生的朋友。 85. underlay helps to prolong the life of a carpet.衬垫物有助于延长地毯的使用寿命。 86. the pose and clothing were sketched from life.姿势和衣服都是以实物为原型描画出来的。 87. [as modifier]life drawing.写真绘画。 88. all this was of great interest to her, as if she were coming to life after a long sleep.这一切都让她十分感兴趣，使她觉得像是从沉睡中苏醒过来一样。 89. he brings the character of MacDonald to life with power and precision.他通过着力刻画和细致描写将麦克唐纳这个人物表现得栩栩如生。 90. all the puppets came to life again.所有的木偶又都活灵活现了。 91. soon, with the return of the peasants and fishermen, the village comes to life again.农民和渔夫都回来了，小村不久又恢复了生气。 92. you can bring any room to life with these coordinating cushions.有了这些配套坐垫，你就可以使任何一个房间都充满生机。 93. I clung on to the tree for dear life.我死命抱住那棵树。 94. Sue struggled free and ran for her life.苏挣脱后，拼命地逃走了。 95. I can't for the life of me understand what it is you see in that place.我无论如何也不明白你到底在那里看见了什么。 96. if he's a waster then get yourself out of there and get a life.如果他是个废物，你就干脆离开那里，去开始你自己的新生活。 97. he was standing nearby, large as life.千真万确，他当时就站在旁边。 98. your problems seem larger than life at that time of night.在晚上那个时候，你的问题显得特别重要。 99. he lost his life in a car accident.他在一次交通事故中丧生。 100. ‘I want to see Clare alone.’ ‘Not on your life,’ said Buzz.“我要单独见见克莱尔。”“休想，”巴兹说。 101. the driver of the train managed to save his life by leaping out of the cab.火车司机跳出驾驶室，总算逃过一死。 102. we'll miss each other, but still, that's life.我们彼此会想念对方，但是，这就是生活。 103. Ice cubes clinked in crystal glasses. ‘This is the life,’ she said.水晶杯里的冰块发出叮当的碰撞声。“这才叫生活，”她说。 104. there he was, Nathan to the life, sitting at a table.他就在那里，活脱脱就是内森坐在桌边。 105. she couldn't stop crying now to save her life.她无论如何也不肯停止哭泣。 106. Do you believe in life after death?你相信来生吗？ 107. to bring sb/come back to life使某人苏醒；苏醒 108. life on earth began in a very simple form.地球上最初的生物形态非常简单。 109. No life was found on the moon.月球上没有发现生物。 110. There was no sign of life in the deserted house.这座废弃的房子看不到有任何生命的迹象。 111. plant life植物 112. I spent my early life in London.我早年住在伦敦。 113. to have a short/long/exciting life短命；长寿；有精彩的一生 114. life can be hard for a single parent.单身父母的日子不好过。 115. married life婚姻生活 116. He believes that God gives life to all creatures.他相信上帝赐予万物以生命。 117. the miracle of life生命的奇迹 118. eternal/everlasting life永生 119. She knew what she wanted to do early in life. [=when she was young]她年轻的时候就知道自己要做什么。 120. He became famous relatively late in life. [=at a relatively old age]他出名相对较晚。 121. He became famous later in life. = He became famous in later life.他在晚年时出了名。 122. She was happy and healthy for most of her life.她一生中大部分的时光都是快乐、健康的。 123. The people in her family tend to have long/short lives.她家族的成员大都长寿/短命。 124. I've known her all my life.我与她一生相识。 125. He is nearing the end of his life.他快到生命的尽头了。 126. They spent their whole/entire lives in one town. = They lived in one town all their lives.他们一辈子都住在一个镇子里。 127. People can expect to change jobs several times in their life/lives.预计人们一生中要换几次工作。 128. They've been waiting their whole/entire life/lives for an opportunity like this.为了这样的机会他们等了一辈子。 129. This is the financial opportunity of his life. [=of his lifetime; the best chance in his life to make money]这是他这辈子最佳的赚钱机会。 130. What do you really want out of life?你活着究竟是为了什么？ 131. He believes in living life to the fullest. [=in living a very full and rich life]他相信人活着就该活得精彩。 132. All this paperwork has made life much more difficult.所有这些文书工作搞得生活更辛苦了。 133. The details of everyday/ordinary life can be fascinating.日常/普通的生活琐事可以很精彩。 134. life in the city/country = city/country life城市/乡村生活 135. Sometimes life just isn't fair.有时候生活就是不那么公平。 136. We can laugh at things in movies that would scare us in real life. [=in a real situation; in actual existence]在现实生活中使我们恐惧的东西，在电影里我们可以对它一笑置之。 137. "Oh well, that's life! [=bad things will happen, and you have to deal with them]"是啊，这就是生活！ 138. "Despite the political upheaval, for most people life goes on as usual. [=the activities of life continue in the usual way]"尽管有政治动荡，对大多数人来说日子却是照旧。 139. What do you really want to do with your life?你究竟想怎样度过你的一生？ 140. Her children say that she has ruined their lives.她的孩子们说她毁了他们的生活。 141. She talked about the men in her life. [=the men she has had a romantic or close relationship with during her life]她谈论了她一生中和自己有关的那些男人。 142. She has dedicated/devoted her life to helping other people.她倾其一生帮助他人。 143. All this paperwork has made my life much more difficult.所有这些文书工作把我的生活搞得更辛苦。 144. "They're trying to get/put their lives back together. [=to begin living in a normal way after suffering loss, hardship, etc.]"他们在尽力使自己的生活恢复正常。 145. She was the love of my life. [=the person I loved more than any other person at any time in my life]她是我一生的最爱。 146. I've never heard such a silly idea in all my life! [=at any time] = Never in my life have I heard such a silly idea!我一辈子都没听到过这么愚蠢的想法！ 147. They're old enough to run/live their own lives. [=to make their own decisions about how to live]他们年纪不小了，能够安排自己的生活了。 148. "After all the problems they've had recently, they just want to get/move on with their lives. [=to continue living their lives in the usual way]"经历了最近这么多的困难后，他们只想过正常的生活。 149. I'm not surprised that I didn't get the job. That's the story of my life. [=that's the way things usually or always happen in my life]没得到这份工作我一点不奇怪，我的生活总是这样。 150. She told us her life story. [=she told us about many of the things that had happened to her in her life]她给我们讲了她的人生经历。 151. a lack of life experience [=experience and knowledge gained through living]缺乏生活经验 152. Her life flashed before her eyes when her car was about to crash.在撞车前的一瞬间，过去生活中的一幕幕在她的眼前闪现。 153. He talked about his life as an artist.他谈到他作为一名艺术家的生活。 154. the social lives of college students大学生的社交生活 155. How's your love/sex life?你的感情/性生活怎样？ 156. They had difficult home lives when they were children.他们小的时候家庭生活困难。 157. They are trying to keep their personal/private lives separate from their public lives.他们在努力把他们的个人/私人生活和他们的公众生活区分开来。 158. the responsibilities of their family life他们的家庭生活的责任 159. He lived/led a life of crime. [=he was a criminal]他是个惯犯。 160. They have lived/led sheltered lives.他们一直过着受庇护的生活。 161. He is trying to make a better life for himself and his family.他在努力为自己和家人创造更好的生活。 162. a fisherman's way of life渔民的生活方式 163. Most people don't approve of my way of life.大多数人不赞同我的生活方式。 164. a traditional way of life传统的生活方式 165. They spared the horse's life. [=they did not kill the horse]他们没有杀死那匹马。 166. She feels that her life is in danger. = She fears for her life. = She is in fear for her life. [=she feels that she is in danger of being killed]她感觉她的生命受到了威胁。 167. She risked her life [=she did something very dangerous that could have resulted in her death] to help him.她冒着生命危险去帮助他。 168. She gave/sacrificed her life [=she did something that resulted in her death] for her country.她为国捐躯了。 169. He was running for his life. [=he was running to escape from great danger]他正在逃命。 170. He is fighting for his life. [=he is very sick or injured and may die]他生命垂危。 171. A would-be assassin made an attempt on the President's life. [=tried to kill the President]一名暗杀者企图暗杀总统未遂。 172. There may be a great deal of animal/plant life still to be discovered in this region.这个地区可能还有大量的动植物有待发现。 173. forest life森林生物 174. ocean life海洋生物 175. Will we ever find intelligent life on other planets?我们能在其他星球上发现智能生物吗？ 176. battery life电池使用寿命 177. the life of an insurance policy保险单的有效期 178. They claim that using their product will extend the life of the car.他们声称使用他们的产品可以延长汽车的使用寿命。 179. a warranty that is good for the life of the product对产品终生保修的保单 180. a product that extends the lives of the rugs/cars延长地毯/汽车使用期的产品 181. eyes full of life炯炯有神的眼睛 182. (informal) suck the life out of a room [=take all the fun and energy out of a group of people in a room]使整个房间都失去了生气 183. The streets were humming with life. [=the streets were filled with people and activity]街上人头攒动，熙熙攘攘。 184. There were no signs of life in the deserted village.荒凉的村庄里了无人迹。 185. She wrote a life of Napoleon.她写了一部拿破仑传。 186. Boswell's life of Johnson鲍斯韦尔撰写的《约翰逊传》 187. He was found guilty and sentenced to life. = (informal) He got life. = He was given life.他被判有罪，处以终身监禁。 188. The project soon took on a life of its own and prevented us from getting any other work done.这个项目很快就展示出了它的分量，我们已无暇顾及其他工作了。 189. The story took on a life of its own and began to appear on news broadcasts everywhere.这个故事越传越广，开始出现在各地的新闻广播里。 190. Being prepared for severe weather can be a matter of life and death.做好应对恶劣天气的准备是一件生死攸关的事。 191. "I never expected her to come to the party, but there she was, as big as life."我从来没想到她会前来参加聚会，但她就在那里，千真万确。 192. “Will she keep her promise?” “I'd bet/stake my life on it!”“她会守信吗？”“对此我愿以性命打赌！” 193. She is credited with breathing new life into contemporary art.她因给当代艺术注入新的活力而受到赞扬。 194. The singer managed to breathe life into some tired old songs.这位歌手把老土的歌唱出了新意。 195. The story is about a mad scientist who tries to bring dead people back to life.这是一个狂人科学家试图使死人复活的故事。 196. They're trying to bring the restaurant back to life by introducing a new menu.他们推出了新菜单，想让餐馆生意再火起来。 197. an old theory that is being brought back to life被再度利用的旧学说 198. She brings history to life with her books.她的著述使历史变得生动有趣。 199. The movie really comes to life when she appears on the screen.当她出现在屏幕上时，这部电影才真的有了看头。 200. Downtown comes to life each night when the clubs open.每天夜里俱乐部开门的时候，市中心就热闹起来。 201. The engine suddenly roared to life.发动机突然运转起来。 202. He was hanging/holding on to the rope for dear life.他正拼命地抓着绳子。 203. They were running for dear life to get away from the vicious dogs.他们拼命跑，想甩掉那几只恶狗。 204. They met in college and have remained friends for life.他们相识于大学，此后成为一生的挚友。 205. He was sentenced to prison for life.他被判终身监禁。 206. I couldn't for the life of me remember what her name was.我怎么也想不起她叫什么名字。 207. "For the life of me, I can't think of any reasons why you wouldn't want a computer at home."我无论如何也想不通你为什么不想在家里装一部电脑。 208. You (nearly) scared the life out of me when you startled me like that!你那样吓唬我，差点把我吓死！ 209. drawings done from life rather than from photographs写生画而非照片临摹画 210. "My girlfriend's parents are nice people, but all they do is watch TV all day. They need to get a life."我女友的父母人都很好，但他们整天光看电视。他们需要过更有意义的生活。 211. His life depends on how he answers this question.他的性命取决于他如何回答这个问题。 212. He was studying as if his life depended on it.他在学习，好像不学就活不了似的。 213. I wouldn't eat that food if my life depended on it. [=I would never eat it]那东西我宁死也不吃。 214. She nearly lost her life in a car accident.她险些在车祸中丧生。 215. Many lives were lost. [=many people died]有很多人丧生。 216. Plain old mashed potatoes take on a new life in this recipe.普通的老式土豆泥在这个食谱中得到了创新。 217. Falling interest rates gave new life to the housing market.利率下降给房地产市场注入了新的活力。 218. Do the government's policies really help the average worker? Not on your life.政府的政策真能帮助普通工人吗？才不会呢。 219. They risked life and limb to pull the child from the river.他们冒着生命危险把那个孩子从河里救了上来。 220. Two years ago he was diagnosed with the illness that eventually took his life.两年前他被诊断得了这种疾病，最后因此失去了生命。 221. The flood claimed many lives. [=caused the deaths of many people]这场洪水吞噬了很多人的生命。 222. "He threatened to take his own life [=commit suicide], but no one believed him."他威胁说要自杀，但没人相信他。 223. He believed that he would see his family again in the next life.他相信来世他会再见到自己的家人。 224. the life force in all things万物的生命力 225. a life [=lifelong] member终身会员 226. my life savings [=all the money I have saved in my life]我一辈子的积蓄 227. He was given a life sentence in prison.他被判终身监禁。