life/laɪf/ ( [复] lives /laɪvz/)

n

1. C,U 生命，性命

• sacrifice one's life 牺牲生命

• It was he who saved my life. 是他救了我的性命。

2. U 生物；生物活动

• animal and plant life 动植物

• Is there life on Mars？ 火星上有生物吗？

3. C,U 寿命；一生，终生

• a long life 长寿

• I will remember you all my life. 我一辈子都忘不了你。

• a friend for life 一生的朋友

4. C，常用单 生活

• live a happy and comfortable life 过快乐而舒适的生活

• lead a busy life 过忙碌的生活

• one's private life 私生活

• village life 乡村生活

• a way of life 生活方式

5. U 生命力，生气，活力

• Her songs are full of life. 她的歌中充满活力。

• He was tired and spoke without much life. 他很疲倦，说起话来有气无力。

6. U 人生；世事

• You'll never see life if you stay at home for ever. 如果你老呆在家里，就永远见不了世面。

7. C [亦作 ～ story] 传记

• He has written a life of Shakespeare. 他写了一部莎士比亚传。

8. U (大难后的)新生，生命的新开端

9. U 无期徒刑

• be given life 被判无期徒刑

词组a matter of life and death 生死悠关的问题；至关重要的问题 as large as life见large come to life

1. 苏醒

• He finally came to life the fouth day after the accident. 出事后第四天他终于苏醒过来。

2. 变活泼，兴奋

• The boy came to life when seeing the toy car. 男孩看到玩具车就兴奋起来。

for dear life(或 for one's life) 拼命地

• The thief ran for dear life on seeing the policeman. 小偷看到警察就拼命地跑。

• Run for your life! 快逃命吧!

for life 终生

• be sent to prison for life 被终生监禁

for the life of one 无论如何

• I can't for the life of me put my feelings into words. 我无论如何也表达不出我的感觉。

life and limb见limb Not on your life! 绝不，当然不! sell one's life dearly 重创敌人之后死掉，死得够本 take one's (own) life 自杀 take one's life in one's hands 冒生命危险

• He took his life in his hands when he saved the little girl. 他冒着生命危险去救那个小姑娘。

take sb.'s life 杀死某人 the life and soul of sth. 骨干，活跃分子

• She is always the life and soul of parties. 她总是聚会中最活跃最风趣的人。

to the life 逼真地

• In this biography the author portrays Lincoln to the life. 在这部传记里，作者把林肯描写得栩栩如生。

true to life 逼真的，忠实反映(某事物)的

• His books are all very true to life. 他的书都很忠实于生活。