life
英 [laɪf] 美 [laɪf]

n.

生活，生计；生命，性命；一生，寿命；人生，尘世

变形

复数：lives

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [U]生命 ability to function and grow that distinguishes living animals and plants from dead ones and from rocks, metals, etc.
2. [U]生物,活物 living things
3. [U]人生,人的生存 state of being alive as a human being
4. [U]生活 qualities, events and experiences that characterize existence as a human being
5. [C]人命,性命 existence of an individual human being
6. [C]一生,终身,终生 period between birth and death
7. [C]生活方式 way of life

英英释义

life[ laif ]

• n.
  • a characteristic state or mode of living

    "social life"; "city life"; "real life"

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

    "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others"

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

    "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"

    同义词：living

  • the condition of living or the state of being alive

    "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

    同义词：animationlivingaliveness

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

    "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"

    同义词：lifetimelife-timelifespan

  • the period between birth and the present time

    "I have known him all his life"

  • animation and energy in action or expression

    "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"

    同义词：livelinessspiritsprightliness

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

    同义词：biographylife storylife history

  • the period from the present until death

    "he appointed himself emperor for life"

  • a living person

    "his heroism saved a life"

  • living things collectively

    "the oceans are teeming with life"

  • a motive for living

    "pottery was his life"

  • the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones

    "there is no life on the moon"

  • a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

    "he got life for killing the guard"

    同义词：life sentence

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• add life增加生气
• begin a life开始生活
• better the life改善生活
• breathe new life into sth给予(某事物)生气
• bring back to life使…苏醒,使…复活,使…生动活泼
• bring sb to life救活某人
• carry one's life in one's hands冒险
• change one's life改变生活
• close one's life结束一生
• come (back) to life复活
• cost many lives使许多人丧生
• cut short (sb's) life缩短(某人的)生命
• end one's life结束一生
• enjoy a life过日子
• enter upon life踏上社会
• face life面对生活
• give one's life献身
• lay down one's life牺牲生命
• lead a life过日子,过生活
• lead an easy life过安乐生活
• light one's whole life摧残某人的一生
• live a life过日子
• live out a natural life终其天年
• lose one's life丧生
• love (a) life热爱生活
• make a new life创造新生活
• pass one's life打发日子
• put new life into sb给某人带来新的希望
• save sb's life救某人的命
• see life见世面,长阅历
• seek sb's life想谋害某人
• sell (one's) life出卖生命,卖命
• sleep one's life away混日子,虚度光阴
• spare sb's life饶某人一命
• spend one's life度过一生
• stand life忍受生活
• start a new life开始新的生活
• take a life夺去生命
• take on life显得栩栩如生
• take one's own life自杀
• trouble life扰乱生活
• understand life懂得人生
• value one's life珍惜生命
• waste one's life浪费生命

形容词+～

• active life快乐的生活,活跃的生活
• better life更美好的生活
• busy life忙碌的生活
• common life平凡的一生
• country life乡村生活
• daily life日常生活
• dear life宝贵的生命
• difficult life艰难的生活
• double life双重人格的生活
• early life早期生活
• easy life舒适的生活
• empty life空虚的生活
• equal life平等的生活
• foreign life国外生活
• free life自由生活
• full life经历丰富的生活
• good life好生活
• happy life幸福生活
• hard life困苦的日子
• honest life诚实的生活
• human life人类的生活
• level life单调的生活
• long life长寿
• material life物质生活
• modern life现代化生活
• national life国民生活
• new life新生活
• noble life高尚的生活
• outside life外面的生活
• past life过去的生活,昔日生活
• peaceful life安宁平静的生活
• personal life个人生活
• plain life简朴的生活
• political life政治生涯
• public life公务
• quiet life安宁平静的生活
• regular life有规律的生活
• short life短暂的一生,短命
• simple life简朴的生活,退休生活,孤独的生活
• useful life有益的一生
• whole life一生
• wild life放纵的生活

名词+～

• animal and plant life动植物生态
• army life军旅生涯
• art life艺术生涯
• city life城市生活
• college life大学生活
• country life乡村生活
• day life平凡的生活,日常的生活
• family life家庭生活
• farm yard life农场生活
• home life家庭生活
• navy life海军生活
• night life夜生活
• student life学生生活
• town life都市生活
• university life大学生活
• village life乡村的生活方式

～+名词

• life boat救生艇
• life breath维持生命的呼吸
• life car救生吊车
• life class写生课
• life force生命力
• life history生活史
• life member终身会员

介词+～

• above life高于生命
• between life and death生死之间
• during sb's life在某人的一生中
• for life终身
• for one's life拼命地
• from (the) life从原物,拿原物做范本,模拟实物
• in life在世间
• in sb's life在某人的生活中
• every walk of life各行各业
• experience of life人生阅历
• rest of life余生
• the quality of life生活质量
• way of life生活方式
• the course of one's life一个人的生活道路
• the first half of one's life在前半生
• on your life绝对
• true to life逼真的
• to the life逼真的

～+介词

• life after death来世的生活
• life at在…的生活
• life for (a) life以命偿命
• life of the working people劳动人民的生活
• life of pleasure享乐生活
• life of plenty富足的生活
• life of the people人民生活

词组短语

in life一生中

service life使用寿命；使用期限；耐用年限

daily life日常生活

quality of life生活质量；基本生活条件

real life现实生活（的）；实际生活（的）

for life终身；为了保命

whole life一生；终身保险；终身寿险

life cycle寿命周期；生存期

human life人类生活；人的生命

social life社交生活，社会生活

walks of life各界，各行各业

new life新生活；新生命

long life长寿命；使用期限长的

happy life幸福生活；快乐的人生

all walks of life各行各业；各界人士

way of life生活方式；行为准则

life style生活方式，生活习惯；格调

better life更美好旳玍活

life and death生与死，死活

fatigue life疲劳寿命

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

life, creature, maintenance, survival, existence

life生命，生活

creature生物，动物，人

maintenance保持，保养，维修，一般不指人；

survival在困难中的生存、幸存；

existence艰难或无聊的生活方式

life, maintenance, survival, existence

life生命，生活

maintenance（不指人）维持，保养

survival在困难中的幸存

existence艰难或无聊的生活方式

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Surely, I will keep the secret for my whole life.
   当然,我会一生保守这个秘密。
2. He had a car accident and his life was in danger.
   他遭遇车祸,有生命危险。
3. I prefer country life to city life.
   我喜爱乡村生活,不喜爱城市生活。
4. As we know, life is often compared with a voyage.
   如我们所知道的,人生常被比做航海。

权威例句

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