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noun life and death生与死 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。 My father died last year—I wish I could bring him back to life. 去年我父亲逝世了，我要是能使他起死回生该多好啊。 In spring the countryside bursts into life. 乡村在春天生机盎然。 The floods caused a massive loss of life (= many people were killed). 洪水造成许多人丧生。 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。 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。 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。 Several attempts have been made on the President's life (= several people have tried to kill him). 已有数人试图谋杀总统。 plant/animal life植物；动物 marine/pond life海洋／池塘生物 Is there intelligent life on other planets? 在其他星球上存在具有智力的生命吗？ 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。 to have a long/short life寿命长；寿命短 He became very weak towards the end of his life. 他临终时很虚弱。 Brenda took up tennis late in life. 布伦达在晚年打起网球来了。 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。 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 is a life member of the club. 她是这个俱乐部的终身会员。 in early/adult life幼年；成年 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 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。 They were very happy throughout their married life. 他们婚后生活一直很幸福。 The International Stock Exchange started life as a London coffee shop. 国际证券交易所起初就是伦敦的一家咖啡馆。 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。 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。 The judge gave him life. 法官判他无期徒刑。 She is doing life for murder. the worries of everyday life日常生活中的操心事 He is young and has little experience of life. 他年轻，不谙世事。 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。 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 bought a dishwasher to make life easier. 为使生活轻松些我们买了一台洗碗机。 In London life can be hard. 在伦敦生活会很艰苦。 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 can be difficult when you move to a new town. Life isn't like in the movies, you know. 你知道，生活不像在电影里那样。 country/city life乡村／城市生活 She enjoyed political life. 她喜欢政治生活。 family/married life家庭／婚姻生活 How do you find life in Japan? 你觉得日本的生活如何？ He has had a good life. 他一直过着优裕的生活。 a hard/an easy life艰难／安逸舒适的生活 My day-to-day life is not very exciting. 我的日常生活很平淡。 a life of luxury奢侈的生活 Her daily life involved meeting lots of people. 她在日常生活中要接触很多人。 She lived a quiet life in the countryside. 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。 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。 articles about the love lives of the stars有关明星爱情生活的文章 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。 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 wrote a life of Mozart. 她写了一部莫扎特的传记。 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。 the American way of life美国人的生活方式 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。 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。 The results of their research have breathed new life into the debate. Playing the violin has been the breath of life to her for over 20 years. 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 match finally came to life in the second half. 比赛在下半场终于精彩起来。 In my dream all my toys came to life. 在我的梦里，玩具都活过来了。 He led poor Amy a dog’s life. She was desperately lonely, poor dear. He ended his days in poverty. 他在贫穷中度过余生。 It’s a fact of life that some people will always be racist. A young cyclist is fighting for his life after the accident. 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！ 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。 You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that. Do us all a favour… get a life! 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。 He's a larger than life character. 他这个人不是一般的有趣，很招眼。 They were prepared to lay down their lives for their country. The two crooks had been living the life of Riley. He planned to retire early and then lead the life of Riley. 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。 Do you believe in life after death? 你相信来世吗？ She does everything she can to make life difficult for him. Anna has a new man in her life. He can't interview people to save his life. 要他的命，他也采访不了人。 She risked life and limb to save her children from the fire. ‘Let's go!’ he said, springing into action. 他突然行动起来，说道：“咱们走！” The town springs into life (= becomes busy) during the carnival. 狂欢节期间，全城突然热闹起来。 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。 It’s a shame I can’t go on the trip, but that’s life. Another missed opportunity—that’s the story of my life! I don’t think the characters are very true to life. She has friends from all walks of life. 她在社会各界中都有朋友。 You can bet your bottom dollar that he'll be late. 他肯定会迟到。 He always believed in living life to the full. He always had a great love of life. He built his whole life around his children. He devoted his life to the education of deaf children. He ended his life a happy man. He gave up his high-flying job and now enjoys a better quality of life. He had been leading a double life, married to two women. He hopes the development will breathe new life into the community. He lost his life in an air crash. He met the love of his life at college. He never discussed the unhappiness of his past life. He never let his work dominate his life. He ruined his life through drinking. He spent his whole life in Cornwall. He was a miner all his working life. He’ll be haunted by the crash for the rest of his life. Her paintings became more obscure towards the end of her life. His fame was so sudden that he was unprepared for public life. His foolishness almost cost him his life. His time in London was his first glimpse of the seamier side of life. I had the fright of my life when I saw the snake in my bed. I owe my life to the the doctors at the hospital. I think I may have been an animal in a previous life. I wanted to see something of life before I settled down. I’ve always had a fairly optimistic outlook on life. I’ve known her all my life. In later life he took up writing. It’s nice to see an old man still so full of life. Japanese people have a very high life expectancy. Learning meditation changed her life. No lives were lost in the accident. Only his wife had access to his inner life. She begged the soldiers to spare her son’s life. She clung to life for several weeks. She did not tolerate press intrusion into her private life. She discovered jazz quite late in life. She is still rebuilding her life after the accident. She leads a busy social life. She loved the Spanish way of life and immediately felt at home there. She risked her life for the sake of the children. She sensed she was entering a new phase in her life. She thought marriage should be for life. She took her own life. She went through life always wanting what she couldn’t get. She’s critically ill, on life support. 她病情危急，靠机器来维持生命。 The city only comes to life at night. The crash claimed 43 lives. The driver showed no signs of life. The hotel started life as a prison. The pace of life is much gentler on the island. The plane crashed with heavy loss of life. There has only been one woman in her life. There have been three attempts on the president’s life. These talks are a matter of life and death for the factory. They both seem to want the same things out of life. They need some new, younger staff to breathe some life into the company. They went to Australia to start a new life. They were enjoying the high life in the smartest hotels of New York. They’re living a life of luxury in the Bahamas. Throughout her life she was dogged by loneliness. Witnesses are living in fear for their life after giving evidence against the gang. You’re still in the prime of life. a child bursting with life a drug that will save lives a life-support machine a real-life drama anti-abortionists campaigning for the right to life for the first time in her life Bad posture is one of the causes of back pain in later life. He doesn’t like to talk about his private life. 他不愿谈及他的私生活。 He has had a hard life. He is young and has little experience of life. 他年轻，不谙世事。 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 said the men had threatened his life. He spent his entire adult life in France. He will spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. 他将在轮椅上度过他的余生。 He’s lived here all his life. 他在这里住了一辈子了。 How do you find life in America? I’ve lived in England for most of my life. 我大半生都住在英格兰。 In Italy at that time the average life of a government was eleven months. In real life 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 isn’t like in the movies, you know. 你知道，生活不像在电影里那样。 Many of these children have led very sheltered lives. 这些儿童中很多人都是温室里的花朵。 My father died last year—I wish I could bring him back to life. 去年我父亲逝世了，我要是能使他起死回生该多好啊。 My grandfather lost his life in the Second World War. My mother took up tennis late in life. She has a full social life. 她的社交活动非常频繁。 She has been an accountant all her working life. 她在整个职业生涯中一直是会计师。 She led a life of luxury. The International Stock Exchange started life as a London coffee shop. 国际证券交易所起初就是伦敦的一家咖啡馆。 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。 The floods caused a massive loss of life. 洪水造成许多人丧生。 The operation saved her life. 手术挽救了她的生命。 The product has a guaranteed shelf life of 60 days. The worries of everyday life can become unbearable for people with this condition. 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。 They emigrated to start a new life in America. They were very happy throughout their married life. 他们婚后生活一直很幸福。 We bought a dishwasher to make life easier. 为使生活轻松些我们买了一台洗碗机。 We need to inject some new life into this project. Yet more species of plant and animal life die out as their very specialized habitat is disturbed. You mustn’t let anyone know— it’s a matter of life and death. pond life |