新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

life

英  [laɪf]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • lives

    1[U 不可数名词] 生命

    Life is the quality which people, animals, and plants have when they are not dead, and which objects and substances do not have.

    双语例句

    例:

    a baby's first minutes of life.

    婴儿生命的头几分钟。

    例:

    Amnesty International opposes the death penalty as a violation of the right to life.

    大赦国际组织反对死刑,因其侵犯生存权。

    2[U 不可数名词] 生物 , 生命

    You can use life to refer to things or groups of things which are alive.

    双语例句

    例:

    Is there life on Mars?

    火星上有生命吗?

    3[C 可数名词] 生存 , 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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Your life is in danger.

    你有生命危险。

    例:

    A nurse began to try to save his life.

    一名护士开始设法抢救他。

    4[C 可数名词] 一生

    Someone's life is the period of time during which they are alive.

    双语例句

    例:

    He spent the last fourteen years of his life in retirement.

    他生命中的最后14年退休在家。

    5[C 可数名词] 人生阶段 , 生涯

    You can use life to refer to a period of someone's life when they are in a particular situation or job.

    双语例句

    例:

    Interior designers spend their working lives keeping up to date with the latest trends.

    室内设计者们把他们的职业生涯都花在追赶最新潮流上。

    6[C 可数名词] 生活

    You can use life to refer to particular activities which people regularly do during their lives.

    双语例句

    例:

    My personal life has had to take second place to my career.

    我不得不将我的个人生活放在事业之后。

    7[U 不可数名词] (特定的)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.

    双语例句

    例:

    How did you adjust to college life?

    你是怎么适应大学生活的?

    例:

    He abhors the wheeling-and-dealing associated with conventional political life.

    他憎恶传统政治生活中的尔虞我诈。

    8[U 不可数名词] 活力

    A person, place, book, or film that is full of life gives an impression of excitement, energy, or cheerfulness.

    双语例句

    例:

    The town itself was full of life and character.

    这座城镇本身就充满了活力和个性。

    9[U 不可数名词] 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.

    双语例句

    例:

    He could get life in prison, if convicted.

    他会遭终身监禁,如果罪名成立的话。

    10[C 可数名词] (机器、组织或项目的)寿命

    The life of something such as a machine, organization, or project is the period of time that it lasts for.

    双语例句

    例:

    The repairs did not increase the value or the life of the equipment.

    这些维修既没有增加设备的价值,也没有延长它的寿命。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • bring something to life , come to life

    1带来生机 , 使变得生动

    If you bring something to life or if it comes to life, it becomes interesting or exciting.

    双语例句

    例:

    The cold, hard cruelty of two young men is vividly brought to life in this true story.

    两个年轻人的冷漠和残忍在这个真实的故事里被生动地表现了出来。

  • come to life , spring to life , roar into life

    1(机器或车辆)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.

    双语例句

    例:

    To his great relief the engine came to life.

    让他松一口气的是,引擎突然发动起来了。

  • fight for one's life

    1挣扎在死亡线上

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    a horrifying robbery that left a man fighting for his life.

    一场导致一人生命垂危的恐怖抢劫。

  • for life

    1终身

    For life means for the rest of a person's life.

    双语例句

    例:

    He was jailed for life in 1966 for the murder of three policemen.

    1966年,他由于杀害了3名警察而被终身监禁。

    例:

    She may have been scarred for life.

    她可能已受到终身难以愈合的创伤。

  • take someone's life

    1杀死某人

    If someone takes another person's life, they kill them. If someone takes their own life, they kill themselves.

    双语例句

    例:

    Before execution, he admitted to taking the lives of at least 35 more women.

    在赴死刑前,他承认了还杀死过另外至少35名妇女。