life
noun /laɪf/
/laɪf/
(plural lives
Idioms /laɪvz/
/laɪvz/
)- [uncountable] the ability to breathe, grow, produce young, etc. that people, animals and plants have before they die and that objects do not have
生命 - This could mean the difference between life and death.
这可能意味着生与死的区别。 - The body was cold and showed no signs of life.
那躯体冰凉，显现不出有生命的迹象。 - I wish we could bring dinosaurs back to life.
我希望我们能让恐龙复活。 - In spring the countryside bursts into life.
乡村在春天生机盎然。
- The driver showed no signs of life.
这位司机没有任何生命迹象。 - She clung to life for several weeks.
她在生死线上挣扎了几个星期。 - Anti-abortionists say they are campaigning for the right to life.
反堕胎人士表示，他们正在为生命权而斗争。 - a child bursting with life
充满活力的孩子 - It's April and the garden is burgeoning with life.
现在是四月，花园里生机勃勃。 - I could almost see the life draining from his body.
我几乎可以看到他身体里的生命在流失。 - Dr Frankenstein was able to endow his creature with life.
弗兰肯斯坦博士能够赋予他的生物生命。 - These two-dimensional figures are somehow given life.
这些二维图形不知何故被赋予了生命。 - He creates wonderful puppets, brimming with life.
他创造了奇妙的木偶，充满了生命。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- eternal
- everlasting
- past
- …
- lose
- bring somebody back to
- restore somebody to
- …
- be lost
- assurance
- insurance
- jacket
- …
- an attempt on somebody’s life
- in fear for your life
- in fear of your life
- …
- This could mean the difference between life and death.
- [uncountable, countable] the state of being alive as a human; an individual person’s existence
人命；性命；人的存活 - The floods caused a massive loss of life (= many people were killed).
洪水造成许多人丧生。 - All risk to human life should be avoided.
应该避免对人类生命的一切危险。 - He risked his life to save his daughter from the fire.
他冒着生命危险从火中救出他的女儿。 - The operation saved her life.
手术挽救了她的生命。 - My grandfather lost his life (= was killed) in the war.
我的祖父在战争中丧生。 - The bombing claimed the lives of (= killed) thousands of people.
爆炸夺去了成千上万人的生命。 - Hundreds of lives were threatened when the building collapsed.
数百条性命在大楼垮塌时受到了威胁。 - Attempts have been made on his life (= people have tried to kill him).
有人企图谋杀他。
- He said the men had threatened his life.
他说那些人威胁到了他的生命。 - People's lives are in danger because of this disease.
由于这种疾病，人们的生命处于危险之中。 - You've put lives in danger through your carelessness.
由于你的粗心大意，你把生命置于危险之中。 - You've endangered lives through your carelessness.
你因粗心大意而危及生命。 - a drug that will save lives
救命药 - He saved her life by pulling her out of the water.
他把她从水里拉了出来，救了她的命。 - She went back into the building at the risk of her own life.
她冒着生命危险回到大楼里。 - Tackle the fire if there is no threat to your life.
如果没有生命危险，就灭火。 - You'll do anything if your life is on the line.
如果你命悬一线，你会做任何事。 - Witnesses are living in fear for their life after giving evidence against the gang.
证人提供对犯罪团伙不利的罪证后为自己的生命安全担忧。 - Fearing for their lives, they ran away.
由于担心他们的生命，他们逃跑了。 - He lost his life in an air crash.
他在一次空难中丧生。 - Is it ever justifiable to take a life?
夺走一条生命有理由吗？ - I owe my life to the doctors at the hospital.
多亏了医院的那些大夫，我才活了下来。 - I owe him my life.
我能活下来全亏了他。 - No lives were lost in the accident.
这起事故中无人死亡。 - She begged the soldiers to spare her son's life.
她乞求那些士兵饶她儿子一命。 - The crash claimed 43 lives.
这起撞车事故夺去了 43 人的生命。 - She risked her life for the sake of the children.
她为了孩子冒生命危险。 - The plane crashed with heavy loss of life.
在这起飞机失事中多人丧生。 - There have been three attempts on the president's life.
已经有 3 起企图谋杀总统的事件了。 - His foolishness almost cost him his life.
他的愚蠢几乎要了他的性命。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- eternal
- everlasting
- past
- …
- lose
- bring somebody back to
- restore somebody to
- …
- be lost
- assurance
- insurance
- jacket
- …
- an attempt on somebody’s life
- in fear for your life
- in fear of your life
- …
- The floods caused a massive loss of life (= many people were killed).
- [uncountable] living things
生物；活物 - plant/animal/insect life
植物/动物/昆虫生活 - Plastic is a threat to marine life.
塑料对海洋生物构成威胁。 - Nuclear war could mean the end of life on earth.
核战争可能意味着地球生命的终结。 - Is there intelligent life on other planets?
在其他星球上存在具有智力的生命吗？ - There was no sign of life in the abandoned village.
这个被遗弃的村庄里没有生命的迹象。
- All forms of life are to be found in this forest.
所有的生命形式都可以在这片森林中找到。 - More species of plant and animal life die out as their very specialized habitat is disturbed.
越来越多的动植物物种因其特殊的栖息地受到干扰而灭绝。 - Algae can pose a danger to pond life.
藻类会对池塘生命构成威胁。 - The area has a rich and complex plant life.
这个地区有丰富而复杂的植物。 - The world's oceans are teeming with life.
世界上的海洋充满了生命。 - In spring, the hedgerows buzz with life.
春天，树篱生机勃勃。 - The hedgerow supports a wide variety of animal and bird life.
树篱支撑着各种各样的动物和鸟类。 - Loss of habitat is a major threat to insect life.
栖息地的丧失是昆虫生活的主要威胁。 - Pollution is harming bird life in our cities.
污染正在损害我们城市的鸟类生活。 - Climate change will affect all life on earth.
气候变化将影响地球上的所有生命。 - Is there life on Mars?
火星上有生物吗？
Collocations The living worldThe living world生物界 动物 - animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on something)
动物交配／繁育／繁殖／以…为食 - fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
鱼／两栖动物游动／产卵 - birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
鸟飞翔／迁徙／筑巢／啼叫 - insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
昆虫爬／飞／咬／叮 - insects/bees/locusts swarm
昆虫／蜜蜂／蝗虫成群地飞来飞去 - bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
蜜蜂采蜜／花粉 - spiders spin/weave a web
蜘蛛结网／织网 - snakes/lizards shed their skins
蛇／蜥蜴蜕皮 - bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
熊／刺猬／青蛙冬眠 - insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
昆虫的幼虫生长／发育／化蛹 - an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
卵孵化；小鸡出壳；幼虫孵出 - attract/find/choose a mate
吸引／找到／选择配偶 - produce/release eggs/sperm
产卵；排卵；产生／释放精子 - lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
产卵；使卵受精；孵卵 - inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
栖居于森林／礁石／海岸 - mark/enter/defend (a) territory
标出／进入／保卫领地 - stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
悄悄接近／猎杀／捕获／杀死猎物
植物和真菌 - trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
树木／植物生长／开花 - a seed germinates/sprouts
种子发芽 - leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
叶子／花蕾／根茎／幼苗长出来／长大／成形 - flower buds swell/open
花蕾含苞欲放／绽放 - a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes something
菌类生长／扩散／长满… - pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
给花／植物授粉 - produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
长出／传播花粉／种子／孢子 - produce/bear fruit
结果 - develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
长出根茎／嫩芽／叶子 - provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
提供／吸收／提取／释放营养物 - perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
进行／增加／减少光合作用
细菌和病毒 - bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
细菌／微生物／病毒生长／扩散／繁殖 - bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on something
细菌／微生物在…中存活／大量生长 - bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize something/cause disease
细菌／微生物／病毒进化／长满…／引发疾病 - bacteria break something down/convert something (into something)
细菌（将某物）分解／转化（成某物） - a virus enters/invades something/the body
病毒进入／侵入某物／身体 - a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
病毒变异／演化／（自我）复制 - be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
感染上／接触到一种新病毒／抗药性细菌 - contain/carry/harbour bacteria/a virus
带有细菌／病毒 - kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
杀灭有害的／致命的细菌
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- intelligent
- animal
- bird
- …
- form
- cycle
- sciences
- …
- plant/animal/insect life
- [countable, uncountable] the period between somebody’s birth and their death; a part of this period
一生；终身；寿命；一生中的部分时间 - He's lived here all his life.
他在这里住了一辈子了。 - I've lived in England for most of my life.
我大半生都住在英格兰。 - somebody's whole/entire life
某人的一生 - We have known each other our whole lives.
我们认识了一辈子。 - He will spend the rest of his life (= until he dies) in a wheelchair.
他将在轮椅上度过他的余生。 - to have a long/short life
寿命长；寿命短 - to devote/dedicate your life to something
献身于某事 - in somebody's life She's had some interesting experiences in her life.
她一生中有过一些有趣的经历。 - I've never in my entire life been so embarrassed.
我一生中从未如此尴尬过。 - in early/later life
早年/晚年 - Brenda took up tennis late in life.
布伦达在晚年打起网球来了。 - A baby's weight will normally double in the first five months of life.
婴儿的体重通常会在出生后的前五个月增加一倍。 - throughout somebody's life Throughout her life she was dogged by loneliness.
她一生孤寂，备受折磨。 - during somebody's life She had three marriages during her 89-year life.
在她89岁的一生中，她结过三次婚。 - for life There's no such thing as a job for life any longer.
不会再有像终身职位这样的事了。 - She stayed there until the end of her life.
她在那里一直呆到生命的尽头。 - He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
他被判终身监禁。
- Experiences in early life can have a great impact.
早年的经历可以产生很大的影响。 - Bad posture is one of the causes of back pain in later life.
姿势不好是晚年背痛的原因之一。 - This usually happens during the first 24 to 36 hours of life.
这通常发生在生命的前24到36小时。 - for the first time in her life
她人生中的第一次 - He'll be haunted by the crash for the rest of his life.
他的余生将一直生活在撞车事故的阴影中。 - She discovered jazz quite late in life.
她年龄颇大时才接触爵士乐。 - I've known her all my life.
我认识她有一辈子了。 - He built his whole life around his children.
他一生都以子女为中心。 - I've been wanting to do this my whole life.
我这辈子都想这么做。 - I've never seen so much food in my entire life.
我一生中从未见过这么多食物。 - He devoted his life to the education of deaf children.
他为聋儿的教育事业奉献了一生。 - She dedicated her whole life to this cause.
她一生都致力于这项事业。 - He ended his life a happy man.
他快乐地度过了人生的最后阶段。 - He never let his work dominate his life.
他从不会让工作主宰自己的生活。 - He ruined his life through drinking.
喝酒毁了他的一生。 - He spent his whole life in Cornwall.
他一生都住在康沃尔。 - They cannot cure her, but they can prolong her life.
他们不能治愈她，但他们可以延长她的生命。 - Her paintings became more obscure towards the end of her life.
她人生最后阶段的画变得更晦涩了。 - He became very weak towards the end of his life.
他临终时很虚弱。 - In later life he took up writing.
他在晚年开始写作。 - She sensed she was entering a new phase in her life.
她感觉自己正进入人生的新阶段。 - I think I may have been an animal in a previous life.
我想我前世或许是个动物。 - They became friends for life.
他们成了终生的朋友。 - A monarch normally rules for life.
君主通常统治一生。 - That experience put me off alcohol for life!
那次经历让我终身戒酒！ - She thought marriage should be for life.
她认为婚姻是终身的事。 - There has only been one woman in her life.
她一生只有一个女人。 - He met the love of his life at college.
他在上大学时遇到了自己一生的最爱。 - She is a life member of the club.
她是这个俱乐部的终身会员。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- short
- entire
- …
- go through
- live
- spend
- …
- history
- story
- membership
- …
- for life
- in your life
- throughout your life
- …
- all your life
- at somebody’s time of life
- the end of your life
- …
- He's lived here all his life.
- [countable] a period of somebody’s life when they are in a particular situation or job
（某情景或工作的）一段生活经历 - She has been an accountant all her working life.
她在整个职业生涯中一直是会计师。 - He spent his entire adult life in France.
他整个成年时期都是在法国度过的。 - throughout somebody's life They were very happy throughout their married life.
他们婚后生活一直很幸福。 - during somebody's life During his 13-year life in Britain he has never worked.
在英国的13年生活中，他从未工作过。 - life as something He met a lot of interesting people during his life as a student.
他在学生时代接触过许多有趣的人。
- He was a miner all his working life.
他干了一辈子矿工。 - She began her working life as an architect.
她开始了建筑师的职业生涯。 - Last July I began my post-college life.
去年七月，我开始了我的大学后生活。 - She spent most of her working life in Strasbourg.
她大部分工作时间都在斯特拉斯堡度过。 - They spent their working lives as farm labourers.
他们作为农场工人度过了他们的职业生涯。 - I enjoyed the freedom I had during my single life.
我享受着单身生活中的自由。 - During my professional life I had to deal with many different types of people.
在我的职业生涯中，我不得不与许多不同类型的人打交道。 - He held several advisory posts during his academic life.
他在学术生涯中担任过几个顾问职位。 - It was the high point of her sporting life.
这是她运动生涯的高潮。 - It was the most difficult experience of my life as a teacher.
这是我当老师以来最困难的经历。 - Soon I will begin my life as a parent.
很快我就要开始为人父母的生活了。 - She had some interesting stories about her life as a musician.
她有一些关于她音乐家生活的有趣故事。 - He lived in Paris for most of his life as a painter.
作为一名画家，他一生大部分时间都住在巴黎。 - I've enjoyed our life together.
我很享受我们在一起的生活。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- short
- entire
- …
- go through
- live
- spend
- …
- history
- story
- membership
- …
- for life
- in your life
- throughout your life
- …
- all your life
- at somebody’s time of life
- the end of your life
- …
- She has been an accountant all her working life.
- [countable] the period of time when something exists or functions
存在期；（某物的）寿命；有效期 - In Italy the average life of a government is eleven months.
意大利每届政府的平均寿命是十一个月。 - There are a few things you can do to extend the life of your carpet.
你可以做一些事情来延长地毯的寿命。 - These machines have a limited life (= they do not function well for very long).
这些机器寿命有限。 - These smaller, lighter phones tend to have a shorter battery life.
这些更小、更轻的手机往往电池寿命更短。 - life as something The International Stock Exchange started life as a coffee shop.
国际证券交易所最初是一家咖啡店。 - The building will now have a new life as a museum.
这座建筑现在将有一个博物馆的新生活。
- The hotel began life as a prison.
这家旅馆最初是一座监狱。 - The magazine started life as a comic book in 1952.
这本杂志在1952年以漫画的形式开始了它的生命。 - By expanding your computer's storage you extend its useful life.
通过扩展计算机的存储空间，可以延长其使用寿命。 - Refrigeration can extend the life of food products.
冷藏可以延长食品的寿命。 - My new phone battery has a much longer life than the old one.
我的新手机电池比旧的寿命长得多。 - A steady temperature will help lengthen the life of the battery.
稳定的温度将有助于延长电池的寿命。 - They could see that the company had a limited life (= it was going to close).
他们意识到公司的寿命不长了。 - Publicity has a very short life, so make the most of it while you're in the news.
宣传的生命很短暂，所以当你在新闻中的时候要充分利用它。
- In Italy the average life of a government is eleven months.
- [uncountable] the experience and activities that are typical of all people’s existences
生活经历 - the worries of everyday life
日常生活中的操心事 - Commuting is a part of daily life for many people.
乘车上下班是许多人日常生活的一部分。 - Trees and green spaces enhance our quality of life.
树木和绿地提高了我们的生活质量。 - He is young and has little experience of life.
他年轻，不谙世事。 - Jill wants to travel and see life for herself.
吉尔想出去旅行，亲身体验一下生活。 - We have no time just to enjoy life.
我们没有时间去享受生活。 - Life can be hard.
生活可以很艰难。 - We bought a dishwasher to make life easier.
为使生活轻松些我们买了一台洗碗机。 - Life isn't like in the movies, you know.
你知道，生活不像在电影里那样。 - in life It's important to have a purpose in life.
人生有个目标很重要。 - In real life (= when she met him) he wasn't how she had imagined him at all.
一见面才发现他完全不是她所想象的那样。 - life without something Can you imagine life without music?
你能想象没有音乐的生活吗？ - You can share life events like getting married or becoming a parent.
可以分享结婚、为人父母等人生大事。 - He just needs a little more life experience.
他只是需要多一点生活经验。
- Disappointment is part of normal life.
失望是正常生活的一部分。 - I wanted to see something of life before I settled down.
我想先见见世面再安顿下来。 - Eventually you adjust to life without your loved one.
最终你会适应没有爱人的生活。 - Life with a baby is exhausting but wonderful.
有宝宝的生活很累，但很美好。 - I can't imagine life without work.
我无法想象没有工作的生活。 - What would life be like if we didn't have the internet?
如果我们没有互联网，生活会是什么样子？ - the brutal reality of life on the streets
街头生活的残酷现实 - His time in London was his first glimpse of the seamier side of life.
在伦敦的时候他初次见到了生活的阴暗面。 - He always had a great love of life.
他一向非常热爱生活。 - Technology has transformed every aspect of life.
科技改变了生活的方方面面。 - Sometimes in life you have to make compromises.
生活中有时你不得不做出妥协。 - Keeping busy helps you stay positive in life.
保持忙碌有助于你在生活中保持积极。 - They accepted that it was their role in life to serve others.
他们承认服务他人是他们生活中的职责。 - She went through life always wanting what she couldn't get.
她终其一生总是想得到她得不到的东西。 - He always believed in living life to the full.
他一向崇尚要好好享受生活。 - I've always had a fairly optimistic outlook on life.
我对生活总是抱着一种相当乐观的心态。 - They both seem to want the same things out of life.
他们俩的人生追求看上去是相同的。 - Moving house is one of the most stressful life events there is.
搬家是最有压力的生活事件之一。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- daily
- day-to-day
- everyday
- …
- build
- rebuild
- be complicated
- be unfair
- be precious
- …
- an attitude to life
- an outlook on life
- a philosophy of life
- …
- the worries of everyday life
- [uncountable, countable] the activities and experiences that are typical of a particular way of living
（某种方式的）生活 - We just want a normal family life.
我们只想过正常的家庭生活。 - Technology is part of modern life.
技术是现代生活的一部分。 - She enjoyed political life.
她喜欢政治生活。 - His fame was so sudden that he was unprepared for public life.
他一夜成名，还没做好当公众人物的准备。 - country/city/island life
乡村/城市/岛屿生活 - How do you find life in Japan?
你觉得日本的生活如何？ - He eventually got used to life in prison.
他最终习惯了监狱生活。
- Arguments are part of married life.
争吵是婚姻生活的一部分。 - Island life has its own rhythms.
岛屿生活有自己的节奏。 - A child will take time to adjust to school life.
孩子需要时间来适应学校生活。 - Communication is vital to the economic life of a country.
通信对一个国家的经济生活至关重要。 - He finds city life very stressful.
他发现城市生活压力很大。 - Transport problems are part of life in the countryside.
交通问题是农村生活的一部分。 - Have you ever experienced life in a small town?
你体验过小镇生活吗？ - He had only ever known life in an institution.
他只知道机构生活。 - the frenetic pace of modern life
现代生活发狂似的节奏
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- daily
- day-to-day
- everyday
- …
- build
- rebuild
- be complicated
- be unfair
- be precious
- …
- an attitude to life
- an outlook on life
- a philosophy of life
- …
- We just want a normal family life.
- [countable] a person’s experiences during their life; the activities that form a particular part of a person’s life
个人生活；个人经历；个人生活某一方面的活动 - to have/live/lead a… life
拥有/生活/领导…生命 - He has had a good life.
他一直过着优裕的生活。 - She lived a quiet life in the countryside.
她在农村过着平静的生活。 - Many of these children have led very sheltered lives (= they have not had many different experiences).
这些儿童中很多人都是温室里的花朵。 - a hard/an easy life
艰难／安逸舒适的生活 - Her daily life involved meeting lots of people.
她在日常生活中要接触很多人。 - My day-to-day life is not very exciting.
我的日常生活很平淡。 - Meeting Penny changed my life.
遇见佩妮改变了我的生活。 - to affect/improve somebody's life
影响/改善某人的生活 - They emigrated to start a new life in Canada.
他们移居加拿大，开始了新的生活。 - He doesn't like to talk about his private life.
他不愿谈及他的私生活。 - She has a full social life.
她的社交活动非常频繁。 - a life of something They lead a life of luxury.
他们过着奢侈的生活。 - in somebody's life I don't want people like that in my life.
我这辈子不想要那样的人。
- He has had a hard life.
他一直过着艰难的生活。 - She led a life of luxury.
她那时过着奢侈的生活。 - He led a life of great hardship.
他过着极其艰难的生活。 - They live a life of toil.
他们过着艰苦的生活。 - They went to Australia to start a new life.
他们去澳大利亚开始了新生活。 - They're living a life of luxury in the Bahamas.
他们在巴哈马过着奢华的生活。 - My life would be nothing without you.
没有你，我的生活将一无所有。 - Education has always been an important part of my life.
教育一直是我生活中重要的一部分。 - I find a positive attitude helps in every aspect of my life.
我发现积极的态度有助于我生活的方方面面。 - We all encounter challenges in our lives.
我们在生活中都会遇到挑战。 - These are issues that affect our lives.
这些都是影响我们生活的问题。 - Meeting you has changed my life.
遇见你改变了我的生活。 - Learning meditation changed her life.
学习冥想改变了她的生活。 - There are some discoveries that change lives.
有些发现改变了生活。 - We have the power to improve the lives of all Americans.
我们有能力改善所有美国人的生活。 - Architecture has the potential to transform human lives.
建筑具有改变人类生活的潜力。 - They moved here in search of a better life.
他们搬到这里寻求更好的生活。 - She leads a busy social life.
她的社交生活繁忙。 - She did not tolerate press intrusion into her private life.
她不能容忍媒体侵扰自己的私生活。 - She is still rebuilding her life after the accident.
事故后她还在重建自己的生活。 - He never discussed the unhappiness of his past life.
他从来不谈论以前生活的不幸。 - Only his wife had access to his inner life.
只有他的妻子能进入他的内心世界。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fulfilling
- good
- great
- …
- have
- lead
- live
- …
- build a new life
- make a new life
- start a new life
- …
- to have/live/lead a… life
- [uncountable] the quality of being active and exciting
活力；生命力；生气 - This is a great holiday resort that is full of life.
这里生气勃勃，是一个绝妙的度假胜地。 - We need to inject some new life into this project.
我们得给这个项目注入些新的活力。
- The market is bustling with life.
市场里生活熙熙攘攘。 - The streets are crowded and full of life.
街道拥挤，充满活力。 - They hope the new bars and restaurants will bring some life to an area normally dead after 8pm.
他们希望新的酒吧和餐馆能给一个通常在晚上8点后就已经死亡的地区带来一些生机。 - Let's put some life into this party!
让我们为这个派对注入活力吧！ - The introduction of her character gives the movie a bit more life.
对她的角色的介绍给了这部电影一点生气。 - The city has started to have much more life, with new parks and shopping precincts.
随着新的公园和购物区的出现，这座城市开始变得更加生机勃勃。 - She has brought new life to the team.
她给这个团队带来了新的生命。 - When she left it was as if all the life went out of the house.
当她离开时，好像所有的生命都离开了房子。 - All the life seemed to have gone out of the movement.
所有的生命似乎都脱离了运动。 - I love the energy and life of the city.
我喜欢这座城市的活力和生活。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + life- come to
- breathe
- bring something to
- …
- breathe new life into somebody/something
- full of life
- This is a great holiday resort that is full of life.
- [uncountable] the punishment of being sent to prison for life or a very long period of time; life imprisonment
无期徒刑；终身监禁 - The judge gave him life.
法官判他无期徒刑。 - She is doing life for murder.
她因谋杀被判终身监禁。
- The judge gave him life.
- [uncountable] a living model or a real object or scene that people draw or paint
（绘画的）模特儿，实物，实景 - She had lessons in drawing from life.
她学了实物写生课程。 - a life class (= one in which art students draw a naked man or woman)
人体写生课
- She had lessons in drawing from life.
- [countable] a story of somebody’s life
生平事迹；传记 - She wrote a life of Mozart.
她写了一部莫扎特的传记。
- She wrote a life of Mozart.
- [countable] (in children's games or computer games) one of a set number of chances before a player is out of a game
（玩游戏者出局前几次机会中的）一次机会 - He's lost two lives, so he's only got one left.
他失去了两次机会，所以只剩下一次了。
- He's lost two lives, so he's only got one left.
state of living生存状态
living things生物
period of time时期
experience/activities经历；活动
energy/excitement活力；兴奋
punishment惩罚
in art艺术
story of life传记
in games比赛
词源Old English līf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijf, German Leib ‘body’, also to live1.
Idioms
at my, your, his, etc. time of life
- at the age you are (especially when you are not young)
在…这样的年纪（尤指不年轻时） - Eyesight doesn't get any better at my time of life.
到我这把年纪，视力绝不会变好的。
- Eyesight doesn't get any better at my time of life.
be somebody’s life
- be the most important person or thing to somebody
对某人至关重要的人（或事物） - My children are my life.
我这几个孩子就是我的命根子。 - Writing is his life.
写作是他的生命。
- My children are my life.
breathe (new) life into something
- to improve something by introducing new ideas and making people more interested in it
（给某事物）带来起色，注入活力 - The results of their research have breathed new life into the debate.
他们的研究结果给这场辩论注入了新的活力。
- He hopes the development will breathe new life into the community.
他希望此次开发会给社区注入新的生机。 - They need some new, younger staff to breathe some life into the company.
他们需要一些年轻的新员工为公司注入生机。
- The results of their research have breathed new life into the debate.
the breath of life to/for somebody
- (literary) an essential part of a person’s existence
某人生存的必需品 - Playing the violin has been the breath of life to her for over 20 years.
20多年来，拉小提琴一直是她生活的一部分。
- Playing the violin has been the breath of life to her for over 20 years.
bring somebody/something to life
- to make somebody/something more interesting or exciting
使更有趣；使更生动 - The new teacher really brought French to life for us.
新来的老师给我们把法语教得生动活泼。 - Flowers can bring a dull room back to life.
鲜花可使沉闷的房间恢复生气。
- The new teacher really brought French to life for us.
come to life
- to become more interesting, exciting or full of activity
变得更有趣（或使人兴奋）；变得活跃 - The match finally came to life in the second half.
比赛在下半场终于精彩起来。 - The city only comes to life at night.
这个城市要到夜晚才充满生机。
- The match finally came to life in the second half.
- to start to act or move as if alive
（仿佛活着）开始动起来 - In my dream all my toys came to life.
在我的梦里，玩具都活过来了。
- In my dream all my toys came to life.
depart this life
- to die. People say ‘depart this life’ to avoid saying ‘die’.
离开人世，去世，亡故（委婉说法，与 die 同义）
a dog’s life
- an unhappy life, full of problems or unfair treatment
悲惨的生活；牛马不如的生活 - He led poor Amy a dog’s life. She was desperately lonely, poor dear.
他让可怜的艾米过着悲惨的生活。她极度孤独，可怜的亲爱的。
- He led poor Amy a dog’s life. She was desperately lonely, poor dear.
end your days/life (in something)
- to spend the last part of your life in a particular state or place
（在某种状态下或某处）度过余生，安度晚年 - He ended his days in poverty.
他在贫穷中度过余生。
- He ended his days in poverty.
a fact of life
- a situation that cannot be changed, especially one that is unpleasant
生活的（不快）现实 - Illness is just a fact of life.
疾病只是生活中的一个事实。 - It’s a fact of life that some people will always be racist.
有些人永远是种族主义者，这是生活中的事实。
- a rather harsh fact of life
相当严酷的生活现实 - It's a fact of life that you don't get anything for nothing.
不劳而获是生活中的事实。 - It is an sad fact of life that the most deserving people do not often achieve the most success.
生活中一个可悲的事实是，最值得的人往往没有取得最大的成功。
- Illness is just a fact of life.
the facts of life
- the details about sex and about how babies are born, especially as told to children
（尤指对儿童讲的）性知识
fight for (your) life
- to make a great effort to stay alive, especially when you are badly injured or seriously ill
（尤指严重伤病时）与死亡作斗争 - A young cyclist is fighting for his life after the accident.
一位年轻的自行车手出事故后奋力求生。
- A young cyclist is fighting for his life after the accident.
for dear life | for your life
- as hard or as fast as possible
尽最大努力；拼命；尽快 - She was holding on to the rope for dear life.
她死命抓着那根绳子。 - Run for your life!
快跑啊！
- She was holding on to the rope for dear life.
for the life of you
- (informal) however hard you try
无论怎样努力 - I cannot for the life of me imagine why they want to leave.
我怎么也想象不出他们为什么要走。
- I cannot for the life of me imagine why they want to leave.
frighten/scare the life out of somebody
- (informal) to frighten somebody very much
把某人吓得魂不附体；使魂飞魄散 - You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that.
你这样突然闯进来吓得我魂不附体。
- You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that.
full of beans/life
- having a lot of energy
充满活力；精力充沛；生气勃勃 - It's nice to see an old man still so full of life.
真高兴看见精力依然如此充沛的老人。
- It's nice to see an old man still so full of life.
get a life
- (informal) used to tell somebody to stop being boring and to do something more interesting
（让人别再令人厌烦，要做更有趣的事）来点儿有意思的 - Do us all a favour… get a life!
帮我们所有人一个忙…去生活吧！
- Do us all a favour… get a life!
hang/hold on for dear life (North American English, British English)
(also hang/hold on for/like grim death British English)
- (informal) to hold somebody/something very tightly because you are afraid
（害怕得）死死抓住不放，紧紧抓住不松手
have nine lives
- (especially of a cat
尤指猫 有九条命；命大
have the time of your life
- (informal) to enjoy yourself very much
过得很快乐；玩得痛快
in fear of your life
- feeling frightened that you might be killed
害怕会丧生；为生命安全担忧
the kiss of life
- (British English) a method of helping somebody who has stopped breathing to breathe again by placing your mouth on theirs and forcing air into their lungs
人工呼吸（口对口）
(as) large as life
- (humorous) used to show surprise at seeing somebody/something
（表示惊讶地见到）本人，本身 - I hadn’t seen her for fifteen years and then there she was, (as) large as life.
我有十五年未见过她，却在那里遇见她了，没错，就是她。
- I hadn’t seen her for fifteen years and then there she was, (as) large as life.
larger than life
- looking or behaving in a way that is more interesting or exciting than other people, and so is likely to attract attention
外表或行为惹人注目 - He's a larger than life character.
他这个人不是一般的有趣，很招眼。
- He's a larger than life character.
lay down your life (for somebody/something)
- (literary) to die in order to save somebody/something
（为…）牺牲生命，献身 - They were prepared to lay down their lives for their country.
他们准备为自己的国家献出生命。
- They were prepared to lay down their lives for their country.
lead/live the life of Riley
- (old-fashioned, informal, often disapproving) to live a happy and comfortable life with no problems or responsibilities
无忧无虑地生活；安逸地生活；舒适愉快地生活 - The two crooks had been living the life of Riley.
这两个骗子一直过着赖利的生活。 - He planned to retire early and then lead the life of Riley.
他计划提前退休，然后过着赖利的生活。
- The two crooks had been living the life of Riley.
a (new) lease of life (British English)
(North American English a (new) lease on life)
- the chance to live or last longer, or with a better quality of life
延年益寿；生活质量更好 - Since her hip operation she's had a new lease of life.
她自髋关节手术以后活得更有劲了。
- Since her hip operation she's had a new lease of life.
life after death
- the possibility or belief that people continue to exist in some form after they die
来世；来生 - Do you believe in life after death?
你相信来世吗？
- Do you believe in life after death?
the life and soul of the party, etc.
- (British English) the liveliest and funniest person at a party, etc.
（聚会等场合）最活跃风趣的人
life is cheap
- (disapproving) used to say that there is a situation in which it is not thought to be important if people somewhere die or are treated badly
把他人生死视同儿戏；视人性命如草芥；人命不值钱
(have) a life of its own
- (of an object
物体 （具有）自身生命力，原动力
life’s too short
- (informal) used to say that it is not worth wasting time doing something that you dislike or that is not important
人生苦短；不可枉费此生 - Life's too short to sit around moping.
人生苦短，不能整天坐在那儿自寻烦闷。
- Life's too short to sit around moping.
the light of somebody’s life
- the person somebody loves more than any other
心爱的人；心肝宝贝
make life difficult (for somebody)
- to cause problems for somebody
（给某人）惹麻烦，造成困难，出难题 - She does everything she can to make life difficult for him.
她想尽办法给他制造麻烦。
- She does everything she can to make life difficult for him.
make somebody’s life a misery
- to behave in a way that makes somebody else feel very unhappy
使别人遭殃；让人痛苦 - My old boss used to make my life a misery.
我以前的老板经常让我陷入水深火热之中。 - His constant criticism made her life a misery.
他没完没了的指责使她的生活痛苦不堪。
- My old boss used to make my life a misery.
the man/woman in your life
- (informal) the man or woman that you are having a sexual or romantic relationship with
闯进你生活中的男人（或女人） - Anna has a new man in her life.
安娜的生活中有了一个新的男人。
- Anna has a new man in her life.
a matter of life and/or death
- used to describe a situation that is very important or serious
生死攸关的事；成败的关键 - You mustn't let anyone know— it's a matter of life and death.
你千万别告诉任何人－这可是件生死攸关的事。 - These talks are a matter of life or death for the factory.
这些谈话对工厂来说是生死攸关的事情。
- You mustn't let anyone know— it's a matter of life and death.
not be able to do something to save your life
- (informal) to be completely unable to do something
完全干不了某事；死也做不了某事 - He can't interview people to save his life.
要他的命，他也采访不了人。
- He can't interview people to save his life.
not on your life
- (informal) used to say that you will definitely not do something
（断然拒绝）决不会
risk life and limb
(also risk your neck)
- to risk being killed or injured in order to do something
冒死；不惜受伤 - She risked life and limb to save her children from the fire.
她冒着生命危险把她的孩子从火中救了出来。
More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
- She risked life and limb to save her children from the fire.
a slice of life
- a film, play or book that gives a very realistic view of ordinary life
反映现实生活的电影（或戏剧、书） - This drama provides a slice of life in 1950s Connecticut.
该剧是 20 世纪 50 年代康涅狄格州生活的真实写照。
- This drama provides a slice of life in 1950s Connecticut.
spring into action | spring into/to life
- (of a person, machine, etc.
人、机器等 突然工作（或行动）起来 - ‘Let's go!’ he said, springing into action.
他突然行动起来，说道：“咱们走！” - The town springs to life (= becomes busy) during the carnival.
狂欢节期间，这个小镇变得热闹起来。
- ‘Let's go!’ he said, springing into action.
the staff of life
- (literary) a basic food, especially bread
主食；（尤指）面包
take somebody’s life
- to kill somebody
杀死（某人）；取某人的性命
take your (own) life
- to kill yourself
自杀 - She took her own life.
她结束了自己的性命。
- She took her own life.
take your life in your hands
- to risk being killed
冒生命危险；豁出性命；把脑袋别在裤腰带上 - You take your life in your hands just crossing the road here.
你在这里过马路简直是冒险玩命。
- You take your life in your hands just crossing the road here.
that’s life
- (informal) used when you are disappointed about something but know that you must accept it
（表示失望但无可奈何）这就是生活，生活就是这样 - It’s a shame I can’t go on the trip, but that’s life.
很遗憾我不能去旅行，但这就是生活。
- It’s a shame I can’t go on the trip, but that’s life.
that’s the story of my life
- (informal) when you say that’s the story of my life about a bad experience you have had, you mean you have had many similar experiences
我就是这个命（表示一生中有很多类似的不幸经历） - Another missed opportunity—that’s the story of my life!
又一个错失的机会——这就是我的人生故事！ - Out of work with no money—that's the story of my life.
失业在家而且身无分文 － 我就是这个命。
- Another missed opportunity—that’s the story of my life!
true to life
- (of a book, film, etc.) seeming real rather than invented
真实的；逼真的；惟妙惟肖；活灵活现 - I don’t think the characters are very true to life.
我觉得这些人物不是很真实。
- I don’t think the characters are very true to life.
variety is the spice of life
- (saying) having a range of different experiences makes life more interesting
经历丰富多彩才令生活充满乐趣
a walk of life
- a person’s job or position in society
行业；职业；地位；阶层 - She has friends from all walks of life.
她在社会各界中都有朋友。
- She has friends from all walks of life.
a/the/somebody’s way of life
- the typical pattern of behaviour of a person or group
（个人或群体的）特有的行为模式，典型生活方式 - the American way of life
美国人的生活方式 - She loved the Spanish way of life and immediately felt at home there.
她喜欢西班牙的生活，一到那里就觉得舒适自在。 - the beliefs and practices of the Hindu way of life
印度教生活方式的信仰与实践
- the American way of life
where there’s life (, there’s hope)
- (saying) in a bad situation you must not give up hope because there is always a chance that it will improve
活着（就有希望）；留得青山在（，不怕没柴烧）
you can bet your life/your bottom dollar (on something/(that)…)
- (informal) used to say that you are certain that something will happen
肯定；毫无疑问 - You can bet your life that he'll be late.
你可以打赌他会迟到。
- You can bet your life that he'll be late.