life
- IPA[līf]
美式
- the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death；living things and their activity
noun: life, plural noun: lives
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名詞
- 1. the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death the origins of life 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ living things and their activity lower forms of life the ice-cream vendors were the only signs of life 同義詞
- 2. the existence of an individual human being or animal a disaster that claimed the lives of 266 Americans she didn't want to die; she loved life 同義詞
- ▪ a particular type or aspect of people's existence his father decided to start a new life in California an experienced teacher will help you settle into school life 同義詞
- ▪ a biography a life of Shelley 同義詞
- ▪ either of the two states of a person's existence separated by death (as in Christianity and some other religious traditions) too much happiness in this life could reduce the chances of salvation in the next 同義詞
- ▪ any of a number of successive existences in which a soul is held to be reincarnated (as in Hinduism and some other religious traditions) a spiritual pilgrimage into her past lives
- ▪ a chance to live after narrowly escaping death (with reference to the nine lives traditionally attributed to cats) we were called to the hospital, but the old rogue had nine lives and seemed to be negotiating for another two
- 3. the period between the birth and death of a living thing, especially a human being she has lived all her life in the country they became friends for life 同義詞
- ▪ the period during which something inanimate or abstract continues to exist, function, or be valid underlay helps to prolong the life of a carpet 同義詞
- ▪ informal a sentence of imprisonment for life.
- 4. vitality, vigor, or energy she was beautiful and full of life 同義詞
- 5. (in art) the depiction of a subject from a real model, rather than from an artist's imagination the pose and clothing were sketched from life life drawing
片語
- do anything for a quiet life
- for dear life
- for the life of me
- frighten the life out of
- get a life
- give one's life for
- as large as life
- larger than life
- the life of the party
- one's life's work
- lose one's life
- a matter of life and death
- not on your life
- save someone's life
- save one's own life
- see life
- bring to life
- come to life
- take someone's life
- take one's own life
- that's life
- this is the life
- to the life
- to save one's life
- take one's life in one's own hands
