life
[laif]
n.一生, 生命, 生活, 人生
例句与用法：
What do you expect? That's life!
你期待什麽呢? 这就是生活！
Children are always so full of life.
儿童总是那麽朝气蓬勃的
There is no life on the moon.
月球上没有生物。
You'll never see life if you stay at home forever.
如果你一直呆在家里，就永远不会有生活经验。
词形变化：
名词复数: lives |
详细释义：
n.
1. 生命; 生存[U]
How did life begin?
生命是如何起源的?
2. 生物, 活的东西[U]
There is no life on the moon.
月球上没有生物。
3. (个人的)性命[C]
He risked his life to save the child.
他冒生命危险救那孩子。
4. 一生; 寿命[C]
His life was full of misfortunes.
他的一生充满了不幸。
5. (物的)寿命, 有效期[C]
The machine's life is very long.
这机器使用寿命很长。
6. 人生; 世上[U]
Life isn't all fun.
人生不都是充满欢笑。
7. 生活(状态); 生计[C][U]
I know that he has a very hard life.
我知道他日子过得很艰难。
He did not know her way of life.
他不知道她的生活方式。
8. 传记[C]
I'm reading the life of Dickens.
我在读狄更斯的传记。
9. 元气, 活力[U]
He is full of life.
他充满了活力。
10. 支柱, 灵魂[the S][(+of)]
She was the life of the party.
她是宴会上最活跃的人。
11. 无期徒刑[U]
The criminal was sentenced to life.
罪犯被判处无期徒刑。
12. 实物, 真货[U]
This was painted from life.
这是根据实物画的。
短语词组：
all one's life
1. 一生
He has lived in Hongkong all his life.
他这一生都住在香港。
bring to life
1. 使苏醒
They brought the drowned swimmer back to life.
他们使溺水的游泳者苏醒过来。
come to life
1. 苏醒过来
The wounded soldier came to life again.
伤兵又苏醒过来。
for life
1. 终生
They became friends for life.
他们成了终生至交。
take one's (own) life
1. 自杀
In despair at his failure, he took his own life.
他因失败感到绝望而自杀。
take sb.'s life
1. 杀死某人
He took a friend's life a few years ago.
几年前他杀死了一位朋友。
to the life
1. 逼真地
He can imitate his father to the life.
他能惟妙惟肖地模仿他父亲的样子。
true to life
1. 逼真的
The picture is true to life.
这幅画栩栩如生。