life
[laif]
n.一生, 生命, 生活, 人生
例句与用法:
What do you expect? That's life!
你期待什麽呢? 这就是生活!
Children are always so full of life.
儿童总是那麽朝气蓬勃的
There is no life on the moon.
月球上没有生物。
You'll never see life if you stay at home forever.
如果你一直呆在家里,就永远不会有生活经验。
词形变化:
名词复数: lives |
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。
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。
life
名词复数:lives
词形变化:
名词复数: lives |
同义词:
being | existence | soul | spirit | biography | blood | zip | pep | breath | on | living | lifetime | animation | life span | life cycle | life expectancy | natural life | verve | vivacity | energy | excitement | life history | life sentence | life-time | life story | liveliness | lifespan | sprightliness | aliveness |
反义词:
death |
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
life[laif]1.■[复数] lives /laivz/n.1.■生命;性命2.■生活;生存3.■一生;寿命4.■生灵;活人;活物5.■生命期;生活阶段6.■(物的)存在期,有效期,活动期,使用期;耐久性7.■[总称]生物:plant life植物8.■人生;人事;世间;世事;世面9.■人的活动;社会活动;社交活动10.■生平;传记11.■生涯;生存过程12.■生活方式;生存方式13.■生机14.■生命力;生气;朝气;活力;活跃15.■朝气、活力的源泉;活跃气氛的人(或物)16.■弹性;恢复力;顺应性;伸缩性17.■生命般宝贵的人(或物)18.■无期徒刑19.■[口语]新机会;新生命; [常用于短语 get a life] 获得新生20.■灵魂;支柱;精髓21.■(酒等的)冒泡,起泡22.■(新鲜食物的)辣味,浓烈味道23.■【美术】24.■实物;原物(大小);自然状态;活体模型25.■写生26.■逼真;栩栩如生27.■被保险者;寿险对象28.■(宗教的)灵生;死后的幸福29.■【棒球、板球】再次击球的机会30.■【物理学】(亚原子粒子的)生命期,寿命adj.1.■终身的,毕生的,一生的2.■生命的;生物的3.■用活体模型的,用活模特儿的;照实物做的4.■人寿保险的a life for a life以命偿命 [亦作 life for life]all one's life一生,毕生,终身,一辈子a matter of life and death生死攸关的事情极为严重的事情anything for a quiet life只要生活安宁怎么都行经不起别人絮聒,只得答应别人的要求;只要哄小孩不哭,什么都可以满足他as large (或 big) as life与原物一般大小[口语]本人,本身;体态容貌完整无缺;毋庸置疑;千真万确as much as one's life is worth[口语]性命攸关attempt the life of企图弄死某人,企图杀害某人bad life不道德生活[人寿保险用语]估计活不到 (人寿保险所统计的)平均寿命的人,短命者bear (或 have, lead) a charmed life吉人天相;天庇神佑,有护身符,吉星高照,冥冥中有神明保佑 [莎士比亚语]be given a life【棒球、板球】 (击球员) 被迫退场前还有一次机会be settled in life生活得到安顿,成家bet one's life[俚语] 确信,确保没错,用一切担保,拿一切来打赌 [美国英语亦作 bet one's sweet life]between life and death介乎生死之间,处于生死关头Bless my life!天呀!我的天呀!哎呀!好家伙!谢天谢地! [亦作 Bless me!]bother (或 harass, nag, pester, plague, worry) the life out of someone跟某人纠缠不休,没完没了地纠缠某人;跟某人喋喋不休;叫某人不得安生breathe (或 infuse) new (或 a new) life into给予生气,赋予生机(或活力) [亦作 give new life to]bring to life使苏醒,使复活;使康复使生气勃勃;使精力充沛;使栩栩如生;赋予生命力让人想起,使回忆起carry (或 take) one's life in one's hand冒生命危险;手里提着脑袋过日子cat-and-dog life(特指夫妇)过吵闹不休的生活,像猫狗一样不和 [常与动词 lead 连用,有时作 cat-and-dog existence, fight]等choke the life out of someone闷死(或掐死、扼死)某人come to life苏醒过来;恢复知觉变得活跃;振作起来活灵活现;表现生动;惟妙惟肖出现depart (from) this life离开人间,去世,逝世during their joint lives见 jointescape with bare life死里逃生,仅以身免escape with life and limb未受重伤而逃脱for dear (或 very) life为逃命;拼命地;不顾死活地;全力以赴地 [常与 fight, flee, ride, run 等连用]for life一生,终身,一辈子;余生为逃命,为保命for one's life[口语]无论如何也…,即使拿性命打赌也…,即使要我的命也…[用于否定句;亦作 for the life of me (或 him 等)]为了逃命(或保命);拼命地;不顾死活地;全力以赴地(一般与 flee, run 连用)form (the) life以原物做范本,根据实物(模拟),(人体)写生galvanize into (或 to) life使(某人)受刺激而振奋活跃起来使(问题)重新提起使(市场)再度活跃 [亦作 galvanize life into]gasp (one's) life (或 out)死去,断气get a change in life得到出头的机会get a life[俚语]乐观些,振作起来,别萎靡不振了(用来鼓励别人积极乐观地参与人生)get on in life出头;发迹;成功;飞黄腾达get the fright of one's life[口语]从未如此惊吓过give new life to给予生气(或活力),赋予生机give (或 lay down) one's life捐躯,牺牲生命,献出自己的生命go in fear of one's life担心被杀 (尤指暗杀);为自己的生命担忧guy the life out of someone无情嘲笑,极尽嘲笑之能事have (或 get) a life开始过上(或过着)正常作息而又丰富多彩的生活 (有时用于祈使句,表示对某人的行为感到厌恶)have as many lives as a cat死不了;不容易死;富于生命力 [亦作 have nine lives like a cat]have more lives than a cat比猫还能活,比猫更富生命力have the time of one's life[俚语]从未如此快乐过,过着最快活的时期How's life?过得好吗?你生活得好吗?I'll bet my life.我敢用一切担保;我敢拿生命打赌;担保一定是这样;管保没错。in life生前;在世时;一生中极其;根本;完全 [用于加强语气]infuse new (或 anew) life into给予生气(或活力),赋予生机It's a great life (if you don't weaken).只要挺住生活必然愉快。[身处逆境的讽刺语]larger than life(描写)夸大的非同一般的;超群的lead a fast life过放荡的生活lead someone a (dog's) life使某人过着受折磨的生活(尤指婚后生活);使某人不得安生;使某人经常苦恼life and (或 or) limb生命(危险) [常用于 risk 之后]life and times(某人)当时的生活情形life is a pilgrimage.[谚语]人生多坎坷。Life is a span.[谚语]人生如朝露。life is one damn(ed) thing after another祸不单行;雪上加霜 [亦作 life is one thing after another]life of the mind精神生活;想像的境界life of the party使大家快乐的人;活跃气氛的人;社交场合中的中心人物life of the wolf is the death of the lamb[谚语]豺狼当道,民不聊生live (或 lead) a double life搞两面派;过着双重人格的生活live out a natural life终其天年live out one's life (或 days)度过一生lose one's life死,丧命low life贫苦人民的生活下层社会生活make life easy不为难,为制造麻烦make one's own life自己谋生make someone's life a hell使某人终日苦恼,使某人过着地狱般的生活mark for life给(某人)留下终身的伤痕(或创伤)mode (或 way) of life生活方式my life[罕用语]我的心肝宝贝,我的命根子[用来称呼最心爱的人]not on your life[口语]决不;一点也不;无论如何也不on your life[口语]无论如何,在任何情况下 [常用于否定句]pawn one's life以生命保证put life into something使事物充满生机(或活力);使出全部精力去做某事put some (或 more) life into something[口语]打起精神做某事,鼓起劲来做某事raise to life使复活;使死而复生retire into private life退休risk one's life冒生命危险,拼着性命safe (或 sound) in life and limb安然无恙,没有受伤seek someone's life企图杀害某人see life交游广;享受人生;见世面,长阅历sell one's life dearly (或 dear)死得够本,杀伤许多敌人后而死small life(肖像) 比真人略小的尺寸someone's life is not worth a day's (或 an hour's 等) purchase某人很难再活一天(或一小时)take (a) life杀人;杀生take (或 get) a new (或 fresh) lease of life死里逃生take one's life in (或 into) one's hands不顾生死,冒着生命危险;以生命为儿戏take one's (own) life自杀,了结自己的生命take someone's life杀死某人,夺去某人生命That's life.这就是生活。这就是人生。[亦作 Life's like that.]the life and soul(某一集会中)最活跃有趣的人;活跃分子;中心人物,首要人物;骨干;灵魂the life of Riley[美国口语]安逸的生活,无忧无虑的生活;放纵的生活;愉快而奢侈的生活the other (或 eternal, everlasting, future) life【宗教】来世,来生 [亦作 the life of the world to come]the time of one's life见 timeThis is the life!这才够劲儿!这才够意思!this life【宗教】今生,现世,尘世to save one's life[口语]死也…怎么也…,无论如何…to the life逼真;大小和实物一样;活龙活现地;栩栩如生地;惟妙惟肖地true to life(画像、故事等)逼真的;原原本本的;栩栩如生的;惟妙惟肖的upon my life我敢打赌说;我敢以生命做担保;我敢断言;确确实实;说句天地良心的话What a life!人生真苦! (用来表示抱怨和不满)
lifelife[laif]n.(pl.lives[laivz])1.■生命, 性命2.■寿命, 一生, 一辈子3.■[总称]生物4.■人生, 世事, 处世5.■传记6.■生活, 生存; 生计, 生涯7.■精神, 生气, 活力; [喻]支柱, 灵魂8.■无生命物所具有的特性, 弹性9.■(死里逃生后的)新生命, 新机会10.■活体模型; 实物11.■被保险者12.■活(动)的状态13.■无期徒刑devote one's whole life to the study of science一辈子献身于科学研究The L-of Shakespeare《莎士比亚传记》He was fighting for his political life.他正为他的政治生涯奋斗。The murderer received a life sentence.该凶犯被判无期徒刑。
继承用法life-and-death,life-or-deathadj.1.■生死攸关的lifebloodn.1.■保持生命必需的血液; [喻]生命线, 命根子2.■生命力或生命之源的力量lifeboat[ˈlaɪfbəʊt]n.1.■救生艇life-forcen.1.■生命力life-formn.1.■生物life-givingadj.1.■给予生命力的2.■提神的lifeguard[ˈlaɪfɡɑ:d]n.1.■救生员life-jacketn.1.■救生衣life-kissn.1.■口对口的人工呼吸lifelong[ˈlaɪflɔŋ]adj.1.■毕生的lifeman[ˈlaɪfmən]n.1.■故意令人感到自卑者lifemanship[ˈlaɪfmənʃɪp]n.1.■通过困惑别人(或动摇士气)而使自己占上风的一种手法lifesavern.1.■救生员; 救命物; [俚]应急的东西lifesavingn.1.■救生(法)
词性变化lifeadj.1.■救生用的; 救生的life-sizedadj.1.■与原物一般大小的lifespan[ˈlaɪfspæn]n.1.■存在时间, 正常运行时间; 平均生命期, 寿命life-springn.1.■生命源泉life-strings [pl. ]n.1.■维持生命之物life-stylen.1.■生活方lifeway[ˈlaɪfweɪ]n.1.■生活方式, 生活lifework[ˈlaɪfˈwɜ:k]n.1.■毕生的事业, 一生中最重要的工作lifefulladj.1.■充满生气的2.■赋于生命的lifeless[ˈlaɪflɪs]adj.1.■无生命的2.■呆板的, 不活跃的, 死气沉沉的3.■已死的4.■无生物的lifelike[ˈlaɪflaɪk]adj.1.■逼真的lifer[ˈlaɪfə(r)]n.1.■无期徒刑犯2.■无期徒刑3.■职业军人lifewardadv.1.■趋向生命地
(pl. lives )
- [mass noun]the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death
生命(指生命的生理过程)
the origins of life.
生命的起源。
■living things and their activity
生物;生物的活动
some sort of life existed on Mars.
火星上曾有过某种生物。
lower forms of life.
低级生物。
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。
■the state of being alive as a human being
生命(指人的活着状态)
she didn't want to die; she loved life.
她不想死,她热爱生命。
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。
■[with adj. or noun modifier]a particular type or aspect of people's existence
(某种特定的)生活,生活的某方面
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。
revelations about his private life.
有关他私生活的披露。
■vitality, vigour, or energy
活力,精力
she was beautiful and full of life.
她美丽而且充满活力。 - the existence of an individual human being or animal
生命(指人或动物的肉体存在)
a disaster that claimed the lives of 266 Americans.
一场夺去266名美国人生命的大灾难。
■[often with adj. or noun modifier]a way of living
生活方式
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。
■a biography
传记
a life of Shelley.
雪莱的传记。
■either of the two states of a person's existence separated by death (as in Christianity and some other religious traditions)
(基督教或某些其他宗教中所说的)今生,来世
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。
■any of a number of successive existences in which a soul is held to be reincarnated (as in Hinduism and some other religious traditions)
(印度教和其他宗教传说中认为灵魂多次轮回转世中的)一世
■a chance to live after narrowly escaping death (especially with reference to the nine lives traditionally attributed to cats)
幸免于死后的再生机会,新的生机(源于猫有九命的传说)
■(in various games, especially card games) one of a specified number of chances each player has before being put out
(尤指纸牌类游戏中淘汰出局前的)机会 - (常作 one's life)the period between the birth and death of a living thing, especially a human being
(人的)一生
she has lived all her life in the country.
她的一生都是在乡下度过的。
I want to be with you for the rest of my life.
我希望能与你共度余生。
they became friends for life.
他们成了终生的朋友。
■the period during which something inanimate or abstract continues to exist, function, or be valid
(物品的)使用寿命;(抽象事物的)有效期
underlay helps to prolong the life of a carpet.
衬垫物有助于延长地毯的使用寿命。
■[mass noun](informal)a sentence of imprisonment for life
(非正式)终身监禁的判决 - [mass noun](in art) the depiction of a subject from a real model, rather than from an artist's imagination
(美术作品)以实物为原型(或根据活体模型而非根据想像)的创作,写真艺术。 参见 still life
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。
[as modifier]life drawing.
写真绘画。
bring (或 come) to life
- regain or cause to regain consciousness or return as if from death
复苏,使死而复生
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。
■(with reference to a fictional character or inanimate object) cause or seem to be alive or real
赋予(虚构的人物或无生命的物体)生命,使…活过来
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。
all the puppets came to life again.
所有的木偶又都活灵活现了。
■make or become active, lively, or interesting
使活泼(有趣)
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。
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。
- make any concession to avoid being disturbed
尽力不被打扰
- as if or in order to escape death
逃命似地,拼命地
I clung on to the tree for dear life.
我死命抱住那棵树。
Sue struggled free and ran for her life.
苏挣脱后,拼命地逃走了。
- [with modal and negative](informal)however hard I try; even if my life depended on it
(非正式)无论如何,即使要我的命
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。
- terrify
吓掉…的魂
- [often imperative](informal)start living a fuller or more interesting existence
(非正式)开始过更为充实和有意思的生活,开始新生活
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。
- die for
为…而献身
- (informal)used to emphasize that a person is conspicuously present
(非正式)[用于强调某人的确在场]确确实实
he was standing nearby, large as life.
千真万确,他当时就站在旁边。
- (of a person) attracting special attention because of unusual and flamboyant appearance or behaviour
(人)(因外表时髦或行为举止大胆而)引人注目的,(行为、服饰等)与众不同的
■(of a thing) seeming disproportionately important
(事物)显得特别重要的
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。
- 见 limb
- a vivacious and sociable person
社交活跃分子
- (informal)an exciting and eventful lifestyle, especially one bringing wealth and success
(非正式)快节奏的生活(尤指带来财富和成功的激情生活)
- the work (especially that of an academic or artistic nature) accomplished in or pursued throughout someone's lifetime
(尤指学术研究或文艺创作)毕生之作;终生事业
- be killed
丧生
he lost his life in a car accident.
他在一次交通事故中丧生。
- a matter of vital importance
生死攸关的事
- (informal)said to emphasize one's refusal to comply with a request
(非正式)[用于强调拒绝] 绝不可能,休想
‘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。
- prevent someone's (or one's own) death
救别人(或自己)一命
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。
■(informal)provide much-needed relief from boredom or a difficult situation
(非正式)使烦闷缓解;摆脱困境
- gain a wide experience of the world, especially its more pleasurable aspects
见世面,长见识
- risk being killed
冒生命危险
- kill someone (or oneself)
杀人;自杀
- an expression of one's acceptance of a situation, however difficult
[表示接受无论多么困难的情况]这就是生活,生活本来就是如此
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。
- an expression of contentment with one's present circumstances
[表示对现状心满意足]这才叫生活
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。
- exactly like the original
惟妙惟肖的,活脱脱的
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。
- [with modal and negative]even if one's life were to depend on it
无论如何都不愿意,死也不肯
she couldn't stop crying now to save her life.
她无论如何也不肯停止哭泣。
- Old English līf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijf, German Leib 'body', also to live
life
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
life
■Life is made up of little things.
[谚]人生是由琐碎的事物构成的。
■In a few minutes Tom suddenly came to life.
一小会儿汤姆突然苏醒过来。
■Could I adjust to Chinese life at72?
七十二岁的我能适应中国的生活吗?
■Divers persons were present, of all stations in life.
不同身份的、形形色色的人都出席了。
■I wonder if modem life have any attraction for you?
不知现代生活对您是否有吸引力?
■Life in the country is rather delightful.
乡村生活确实让人愉快。
■Henry enjoyed going into woods and living life in the raw.
亨利喜欢到树林里去过最简朴的生活。
■One's school life seems happier in retrospect than in reality.
人们的学校生活回想起来要比实际上的快乐。
■It takes many years to learn to take life's blows on the chin.
人们需要经过许多年才能学会忍受生活中的各种打击。
■Human life and turnip remain cheap and plentiful.
人命与萝卜依然是多而且便宜。
■All his life he tried to act out his beliefs.
他一生致力于把自己的信仰变成行动。
■He has lived all his life in London.
他一生都住在伦敦。
■His life is spent in the pursuit of pleasure.
他一生都在寻欢作乐。
■He has been a pillar of the Church all his life.
他一生都是教会的热心支持者。
■All his life he strove for the good of the people.
他一辈子都为人民的利益而奋斗。
■He is unfitted for scholastic life.
他不适于学者生涯。
■He rendered up his life for the revolution.
他为革命献出了自己的生命。
■He wroth off a dirty kind of life by killing himself.
他以自杀结束了他那肮脏的一生。
■They purchased life at the expenses of honor.
他们以牺牲名誉为代价换得了生命。
■He was tempted into a life of crime by greed and laziness.
他受贪婪和懒惰的驱使步入了罪恶的一生。
■He passed his life in an inconsiderable village.
他在一个小小村落中度过他的一生。
■He has had great success in life.
他在一生中飞黄腾达。
■His working life was full of accidents.
他在一生的工作中遭遇了种种意料之外的事。
■He spent the remainder of his life in the country.
他在乡村度过余生。
■He spent his adult life in Canada.
他在加拿大度过了他的成年时期。
■He was battling against the vicissitudes of life.
他在每况愈下的生活中奋斗。
■He prefers a happy medium in life.
他在生活中甘居中游。
■He quizzed me about my private life.
他好奇地探询我的私生活。
■His life has been hell since his wife came back.
他妻子回来以后,他的生活苦不堪言。
■His wife's death left him a vacuum in his life.
他妻子的去世使他的生活变得空虚。
■He lived a moral life after marriage.
他婚后过着合乎道德规范的生活。
■He has a mellow attitude to life.
他对生活有种成熟的看法。
■He becomes a maimed man with all one's life.
他将终生成为一个残废人。
■He ran for his life as fast as he could.
他尽可能快地逃走了。
■He must deny himself many of the comforts of life.
他必须放弃很多舒适的生活。
■He tends to idealize his life in the army.
他总想使自己在军队里的生活理想化。
■He devoted the entirety of his life to medical research.
他把毕生精力贡献给医学研究工作。
■He ordered his life according to strict rules.
他把生活安排得十分刻板。
■He is dramatizing the story of his life.
他把自己的一生改编成戏剧。
■He seized a club and began to lay on for dear life.
他抓起一根棍子,拼命地乱打起来。
■He ran for dear life toward his house.
他拼命地向他的房子跑去。
■He changed his whole mode of life.
他改变了整个生活方式。
■He was in danger of losing his life.
他有失去生命的危险。
■Throughout his life he had always kept bees.
他有生之年一直养蜂。
■He's dramatizing the book about his life.
他正把一本有关他的生命的书改编成剧本。
■He dedicated his life to science.
他毕生致力于科学事业。
■He lived in the house all through his life.
他毕生都是住那楝房子。
■He has stopped working and leads a very easy life.
他现在不做事了,过着很舒服的日子。
■He devoted all his life to China's aviation.
他的一生都奉献给了中国的航空事业。
■His view of life is different from yours.
他的人生观与你的不同。
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。
习惯用语a bad life1.■不道德的生活2.■估计活不到平均寿命的人a future life1.■【宗】来生a good life1.■好的生活2.■有道德的生活3.■可能超过(人寿保险所统计出的)平均寿命的人a matter of life and death1.■生死攸关的事情all one's life1.■一生anything for a quiet life1.■只求生活安宁其他怎么都行as large as life1.■与原物一样大2.■[口, 谑]体态容貌完整无缺, 千真万确, 不容置疑as big as life1.■与原物一样大2.■[口, 谑]体态容貌完整无缺, 千真万确, 不容置疑as much as one's life is worth1.■[口]性命攸关be given a life1.■(棒球等游戏中)被迫退场前还有一次机会bear a charmed life1.■有护身符, 冥冥中有神保佑have a charmed life1.■有护身符, 冥冥中有神保佑lead a charmed life1.■有护身符, 冥冥中有神保佑bet one's life1.■[俚]拿一切打赌; 确信; 管保没错Bless my life!1.■哎呀!好家伙! 我的天哪!bother the life out of sb.1.■跟某人纠缠不已; 不给某人安生; 纠缠某人没完harass the life out of sb.1.■跟某人纠缠不已; 不给某人安生; 纠缠某人没完nag the life out of sb.1.■跟某人纠缠不已; 不给某人安生; 纠缠某人没完plague the life out of sb.1.■跟某人纠缠不已; 不给某人安生; 纠缠某人没完pester the life out of sb.1.■跟某人纠缠不已; 不给某人安生; 纠缠某人没完worry the life out of sb.1.■跟某人纠缠不已; 不给某人安生; 纠缠某人没完breathe new life into1.■给予生气, 给予活力, 赋与生机give new life into1.■给予生气, 给予活力, 赋与生机infuse new life into1.■给予生气, 给予活力, 赋与生机bring to life1.■使苏醒[复活]carry one5s life in one's hands1.■冒险从事某项活动; 冒生命危险take one5s life in one's hands1.■冒险从事某项活动; 冒生命危险cat -and-dog life1.■经常争吵的生活; 鸡犬不宁的日子choke the life out of sb.1.■把某人闷[掐]死come to life1.■苏醒过来depart (from) this life1.■离开人间, 逝世escape with bare life1.■仅以身免, 死里逃生escape with life and limb1.■未受重伤而逃脱eternal life1.■【宗】永生expectation of life (=life expectancy)1.■(根据概率统计求得的)估计寿命for dear life1.■为了逃命, 拼命地, 不顾死活地for life1.■终身2.■为着保全生命for one's life1.■(=for the life of me)[用于否定句]无论如何也不..., 死也不肯...2.■为了逃命; 拼命地, 全力以赴地galvanize into [to] life (=galvanize life into)1.■使(某人)受到刺激而振奋活跃起来; 使(市场)再度活跃; 使(问题)重新提起gasp one's life away1.■断气, 死去gasp one's life out1.■断气, 死去get on in life1.■发迹give one's life1.■献出自己的生命, 为...捐躯lay down one's life1.■献出自己的生命, 为...捐躯guy the life out of sb.1.■无情嘲笑某人have as many lives as a cat1.■死不了; 不容易死; 富于生命力high life1.■上流社会的生活, 上流社会2.■一种渊源于西非具有强烈节奏的舞蹈How's life?1.■你生活得好吗?I'll bet my life.1.■我敢用生命担保; 当然, 管保没错。in life1.■[口][用以加强语气]世界上; 根本; 极其2.■一生中, 在世之时lead a dog's life1.■(使某人)过着受折磨的日子lead sb. a dog's life1.■(使某人)过着受折磨的日子lead fast life1.■过着放荡的生活live a double life1.■过着双重人格的生活, 搞两面派lead a double life1.■过着双重人格的生活, 搞两面派lose one's life1.■丧命; 死make sb.'s life a hell1.■使某人终日苦恼, 过着地狱般的生活mark for life1.■给(某人)留下终身的创伤my life1.■我的心肝(称呼最心爱的人)on your life1.■[口]在任何情况下; 无论如何pawn one's life1.■以生命保证put life into sth.1.■用全部精力做某事; 使某事充满活力或生机put some life into sth.1.■[口]鼓起劲来做某事put more life into sth.1.■[口]鼓起劲来做某事raise to life1.■使复活recall to life1.■使苏醒retire into private life1.■退休risk one's life1.■拼着性命, 冒生命危险safe in life and limb1.■安然无恙sound in life and limb1.■安然无恙save one's life1.■[口]死也..., 怎么也...He could not help laughing to save his life1.■他怎么也忍不住笑。sb.'s life is not worth a day's purchase1.■某人很难再活一天[一小时]sb.'s life is not worth a hour's purchase1.■某人很难再活一天[一小时]see life1.■见见世面; 享受享受; 交游广阔seek sb.'s life1.■图谋杀害某人sell one's life dearly1.■死得够本; 给敌人巨大损失后而阵亡settled in life1.■成家; 生活得到安顿small life1.■比真人略小的尺寸(指肖像)still life1.■静物写生take life1.■杀生take one's own life1.■自杀take sb.'s life1.■把某人杀死; 夺去某人生命That's life.1.■这就是人生。the life and the soul1.■灵魂; 首要人物; 活跃分子the life of Riley1.■[俚]无忧无虑的生活, 安逸[奢侈]的生活the other life1.■【宗】来世eternal life1.■【宗】来世everlasting life1.■【宗】来世future life1.■【宗】来世That is the life.1.■这才够劲; 这才够意思。this life1.■【宗】今生to the life1.■逼真的, 栩栩如生的upon my life1.■[口]以我的生命担保; 我敢断言; 说句良心话What a life!1.■人生太苦了!While there is life there is hope.1.■[谚]留得青山在, 不怕没柴烧。life for life1.■以命偿命Life is but a span.1.■人生几何; 人生如朝露。Life is made up of little things.1.■[谚]人生是由琐碎的事物构成的。Life is not all beer and skittles.1.■[谚]人生非只吃喝玩乐而已; 人生非尽乐事。life of the mind1.■精神生活; 想象的境界