首页lifelife英英释意

life

英 [laɪf] 美[laɪf]
  • n. 生活,生存;寿命

英英释意


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"