英汉词典

life 基本解释

• n. 生活，生存；寿命

life 词态变化

life 中文词源

来自古英语life,存在，生命，来自PIE*leip,停留，持续，词源同live,leave.比较world.

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life 英文词源

life

life: [OE] Prehistoric Germanic *līb- denoted ‘remain, be left’. From this was formed the noun *lībam, which in due course produced English life (the semantic connection between ‘remaining’ and life – and the closely related live – is thought to lie in the notion of being ‘left alive after a battle’). Of the noun’s Germanic relatives, Swedish and Danish liv still mean ‘life’, but German leib and Dutch liff have moved on semantically to ‘body’. English alive is a derivative of life, not of the verb live.
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life (n.)

Old English life (dative lif) "existence, lifetime, way of life, condition of being a living thing, opposite of death," from Proto-Germanic *libam (cognates: Old Norse lif "life, body," Dutch lijf "body," Old High German lib "life," German Leib "body"), properly "continuance, perseverance," from PIE *leip- "to remain, persevere, continue; stick, adhere" (see leave (v.)). Much of the modern range of meanings was present in Old English. Meaning "property which distinguishes living from non-living matter" is from 1560s. Sense of "vitality, energy" is from 1580s. Extended 1703 to "term of duration (of inanimate objects)."

Life-jacket is from 1840; life-preserver from 1630s of anything that is meant to save a life, 1803 of devices worn to prevent drowning. Life-saver is from 1883, figurative use from 1909, as a brand of hard sugar candy, from 1912, so called for shape. Life-form is from 1861. Life cycle is from 1855.

life 词组搭配

life 英文释义

1. a characteristic state or mode of living;

"social life"

"city life"

"real life"

2. 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"

3. the experience of living; the course of human events and activities;

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

4. 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"

5. 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"

6. the period between birth and the present time;

"I have known him all his life"

7. animation and energy in action or expression;

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

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

9. the period from the present until death;

"he appointed himself emperor for life"

10. a living person;

"his heroism saved a life"

11. living things collectively;

"the oceans are teeming with life"

12. a motive for living;

"pottery was his life"

13. the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones;

"there is no life on the moon"

14. a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives;

"he got life for killing the guard"

life 双语例句

1. No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there's always something new to learn about. After all, life is full of surprises.

不管你生活在哪里，你有多少岁，总有新东西要学习，毕竟，生活总是充满惊喜。

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2. If you love life, life will love you back.

热爱生活，生活也会厚爱你。

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3. When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.

当生活很艰难，你想要放弃的时候，请记住，生活充满了起起落落，如果没有低谷，那站在高处也失去了意义。

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4. The happiest are not those who own all the best things, but those who can appreciate the beauty of life.

最幸福的人们并不一定什么都是最好，只是他们懂得欣赏生活的美好。

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5. If you're not satisfied with the life you're living, don't just complain. Do something about it.

对于现况的不满，不能只是抱怨，要有勇气作出改变。

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life 实用场景例句

...a baby's first minutes of life...

婴儿生命的最初几分钟

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

国际特赦组织反对死刑，称其违背了生命权。

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Is there life on Mars?...

火星上有生物吗？

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The book includes some useful facts about animal and plant life.

这本书包括了有关动植物的一些有用的知识。

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Your life is in danger...

你的生命正处在危险中。

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A nurse began to try to save his life...

一名护士开始试图挽救他的生命。

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

他一生中最后的14年是在退休中度过的。

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For the first time in his life he regretted that he had no faith.

有生以来第一次他为自己没有信仰而后悔。

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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是紧跟时尚潮流的。

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That was the beginning of my life in the television business.

这是我投身电视业的初始阶段。

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

我的私人生活不得不为事业让路。

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Most diabetics have a normal sex life.

绝大多数糖尿病患者有着正常的性生活。

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Life won't be dull!...

生活绝不会沉闷！

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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。

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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。

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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人生。

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How did you adjust to college life?

你是如何适应大学生活的？

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...the culture and life of north Africa...

北非的文化与生活

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The town itself was full of life and character...

这个城市本身充满活力，个性十足。

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The rejection of the Jewish theme meant the rejection of everything that gave the script passion and life...

抛弃了犹太主题就等于完全抛弃了这个剧本的激情与活力之源。

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A life of John Paul Jones had long interested him.

他很久以来一直都想创作一部关于约翰·保罗·琼斯的传记作品。

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He could get life in prison, if convicted.

如果罪名成立，他可能会被判终身监禁。

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

维修既没有使设备增值，也没有延长其使用寿命。

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...learning to draw from life...

学习写生

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She had once posed for Life classes when she was an art student.

她在艺校上学时曾为人体写生课当过模特儿。

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The Church is my life.

教会就是我生命的全部。

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

这个真实的故事把两个年轻人的冷酷残忍刻画得入木三分。

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Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life.

原本显得沉闷枯燥的诗歌突然有了生气。

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The volcano came to life a week ago.

一个星期前，火山开始变得活跃。

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I believe in life after death.

我相信人死后生命会以某种形式存在。

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