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life
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noun /laɪf/
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  1. 1
    [C/U] the period of time from someone's birth until their death 一生；终生；终身

    She devoted her life to helping others. 她为帮助他人而奉献出自己的一生。

    He had a long and happy life. 他一生长寿幸福。

    spend your life :

    Don't spend your whole life worrying about money. 不要一辈子都在为钱操心。

    in (all) your life :

    I have never been so disappointed in my life. 我从来没有如此失望过。

    all your life :

    She's lived in California all her life. 她一生都住在加利福尼亚州。

    early life (=the time when you are a child) 孩提时期；早年 :

    He spent his early life in Malaysia. 他的孩提时代是在马来西亚度过的。

    adult life (=the time when you are an adult) 成年时期 :

    He lived most of his adult life in prison. 他成年时的大部分时光是在监狱中度过的。

    in later life (=towards the end of someone's life) 晚年 :

    It was in later life that he wrote some of his best poems. 他的一些最优秀的诗作正是在晚年写的。

    late in life (=at a time in your life that is later than usual) 一生中较晚的时候 :

    She got married late in life. 她结婚较晚。

    for life (=continuing through your whole life) 终生 :

    The accident left her scarred for life. 这场事故给她留下了终生的创伤。

     Synonyms and related words
    General words for life: life, lifespan, lifetime...
    See also working life
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    [C] [usually singular] your particular way of living and the experiences that you have 生活方式；阅历

    His life revolves around his children. 他的生活就是围着孩子们转。

    It was an event that would change his life forever. 这是一个将永远改变他生活的事件。

    lead a happy/normal/interesting etc life :

    I just want to be able to lead a normal life. 我只想能过正常的生活。

    a hard life (=a difficult life) 艰苦的生活 :

    She looks like someone who's had a very hard life. 她看起来像是有过极艰辛的生活经历。

     Synonyms and related words
    Ways of life: life, lifestyle, existence...
    1. a.
      [C/U] the events and experiences that are typical of a particular place or group of people （某种）生活

      I had no idea what life with a baby would be like. 我不知道有孩子后生活会是什么样子。

      city/village/prison/university etc life :

      Escape from the bustle and noise of city life for a while. 暂时逃离都市生活的喧嚣与忙碌。

      the life of someone :

      The life of a film star is not always a glamorous one. 电影明星的生活并非总是光彩夺目的。

      married life (=the time when you are married or the life that you have) 婚姻生活 :

      How's married life suiting you? 你婚后生活过得怎么样？

       Synonyms and related words
      General words meaning event: episode, event, incident...
    2. b.
      [U] the events and experiences that happen to people in general 生活（总称）

      He's a person who really loves life. 他是一个真正热爱生活的人。

      His mother has a great enthusiasm for life. 他母亲极其热爱生活。

      see life (=experience a lot of different things) 见世面；经历世事 :

      You really see life in my job. 我这个工作很让人见世面。

       Synonyms and related words
      General words meaning event: episode, event, incident...
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    [C/U] the state of being alive 生；活着

    He believed his life was in danger. 他觉得自己有生命危险。

    claim lives (=kill people) 夺走生命 :

    The disease is still claiming thousands of lives every year. 每年仍有数千人被这种疾病夺走生命。

    risk your life :

    They risk their lives to protect the people they love. 他们冒着生命危险保护他们所热爱的人民。

    put your/someone's life at risk :

    They are putting lives at risk with their irresponsible behaviour. 他们不负责任的行为将众人的生命置于危险中。

     Synonyms and related words
    Alive: alive, living, live...
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    [U] living things such as plants and animals 生物，活物（如动植物等）

    We are now beginning to believe that there may be life on other planets. 我们现在开始相信其他行星上可能有生物。

    animal/plant/insect/bird life :

    the great variety of bird life in the area 该地区品种繁多的鸟类

     Synonyms and related words
    General words for living things: animal, creature, organism...
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    [singular] the period of time during which something exists or continues （某事物的）存在期，维持期
    life of :

    During the life of this government, unemployment has increased by 5%. 在该政府执政期间，失业率增加了5%。

     Synonyms and related words
    Existence and the length of time that something exists: existence, lifetime, life...
    1. a.
      the period of time during which something is still good enough to be used （某事物的）使用期，保质期，寿命
      life of :

      The average life of a television is about ten years. 电视机的平均寿命大约为10年。

       Synonyms and related words
      General periods of time: a clear run, a page in something's history, block...
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    [U] the amount of activity or excitement in a place 生气；活力

    There's not much life in this village. 这个村庄没有多少生气。

     Synonyms and related words
    The quality of being interesting, exciting or lively: mystery, life, novelty...
    1. a.
      interesting or exciting qualities 生动；有趣

      The early stories are full of life. 早期的故事充满了趣味。

       Synonyms and related words
      The quality of being interesting, exciting or lively: mystery, life, novelty...
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    [C] in a game, one of a number of times that you can lose but still continue to play （游戏中）参加者的一次机会，命
    lose a life :

    When you've lost three lives, you're out. 失去3条命就出局。

     Synonyms and related words
    Actions in playing games or sports: backhand, backhander, ball...
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    [U] life imprisonment 无期徒刑；终身监禁
    get life :

    You'd expect him to get life for such a serious crime. 他犯了如此严重的罪行，你能料想到他会落得个无期徒刑。

     Synonyms and related words
    Punishment in prison: at his/her Majesty's pleasure, concurrent sentence, confinement...
  9. From our crowdsourced Open Dictionary
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    take your life into your hands to do something very risky

    He's taking his life into his hands jumping from a first floor window.

    Submitted by Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 23/05/2018
     
See also
Metaphor: life
Life is like a journey, and your experiences are like different parts of a journey. Dying is like travelling to another place. 生活就像是旅程（journey）， 各种经历有如旅程的不同阶段。死亡便有如到另一个地方去旅行。
  • The baby arrived just after midnight. 婴儿在刚过午夜时降生。
  • He came into the world in 1703. 他出生于1703年。
  • I set out to become a doctor, but it never worked out. 我努力想当一名医生，但这个理想一直没有实现。
  • She went through life without ever knowing the truth. 她生前一直都不知道真相。
  • It's all been an uphill struggle. 这完全是场艰苦的奋斗。
  • We seem to be at a crossroads. 我们好像是处在十字路口。
  • His life took an unexpected direction. 他的生活出现了意想不到的转折。
  • He embarked on a new career. 他开始了新事业。
  • You've got to move on and forget about what's happened. 你得继续生活下去，忘掉发生过的事。
  • Will they go the distance? 他们能维持下去吗？
  • She's well on the way to recovery. 她恢复得很快。
  • They're over the hill now. 如今他们在走下坡路了。
  • His grandmother passed away/on last year. 他的祖母去年去世了。
  • They remembered the departed in their prayers. 他们在祈祷中缅怀死者。
Events in your life are like games, with people trying to win, or with things happening by chance. 生活中的事件有如体育活动（games）， 有努力要赢得比赛的人，也有偶然发生的事。
  • I'm on a winning/losing streak. 我这段时期连输/赢。
  • You win some, you lose some. 有得必有失。
  • It's all been a race against time. 这完全是在跟时间赛跑。
  • This is not a level playing field. 这并不是公平竞争。
  • They're planning to drop out of the rat race. 他们决定退出这场你死我活的竞争。
  • Is he in/out of the running? 他有希望/没希望取胜吗？
  • The election will be a one-horse race. 选举将只是走走过场而已。
  • They asked, but their parents wouldn't play ball. 他们提了要求，但他们的父母并不配合。
  • This development has been on/in the cards for some time. 这种发展势头可能已出现有一段时间了。
  • If you play your cards right, you shouldn't have any problems. 你如果方法得当是不会有任何问题的。
  • The cards were stacked against us. 手中的牌对我们很不利。
  • Then they played their trump card and we gave in. 接着他们亮出王牌，我们便让步了。
  • We just had a lucky throw of the dice. 我们只是运气不错。
  • All bets are off – nobody knows what will happen now. 后果难料，现在没有人知道会发生什么事。
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