名詞 life:

1. a characteristic state or mode of living
2. the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
3. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
   同義詞：living
4. the condition of living or the state of being alive
   同義詞：animation, living, aliveness
5. the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
   同義詞：lifetime, life-time, lifespan
6. the period between birth and the present time
7. animation and energy in action or expression
   同義詞：liveliness, spirit, sprightliness
8. an account of the series of events making up a person's life
   同義詞：biography, life story, life history
9. the period from the present until death
10. a living person
11. living things collectively
12. a motive for living
13. the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
14. a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
    同義詞：life sentence

1. What do you expect? That's life!
   你期待什麼呢? 這就是生活！
2. Children are always so full of life.
   兒童總是那麼朝氣蓬勃的
3. There is no life on the moon.
   月球上沒有生物。
4. You'll never see life if you stay at home forever.
   如果你一直呆在家里，就永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)有生活經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

life

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 lives[lovz]
Biology
【生物學(xué)】
The property or quality that distinguishes living organisms from dead organisms and inanimate matter, manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, and response to stimuli or adaptation to the environment originating from within the organism.
生命：活的有機(jī)物區(qū)別于死的有機(jī)物和無機(jī)物的特性和性質(zhì)，主要表現(xiàn)在新陳代謝、生長(zhǎng)發(fā)育、生殖、對(duì)刺激的反應(yīng)、對(duì)環(huán)境的適應(yīng)等有機(jī)體本身所固有的機(jī)能中
The characteristic state or condition of a living organism.
生命：活的有機(jī)物特有的狀態(tài)或狀況
Living organisms considered as a group:
生物：活的有機(jī)物的總稱：
例句：
plant life; marine life.
植物；海洋生物

A living being, especially a person:
活人，人命：活的生命，尤指人：
例句：
an earthquake that claimed hundreds of lives.
地震造成幾百人死亡

The physical, mental, and spiritual experiences that constitute existence:
生活：構(gòu)成存在的心理、智力和精神體驗(yàn)：
例句：
the artistic life of a writer.
一個(gè)作家的藝術(shù)生涯

The interval of time between birth and death:
一生，壽命：從出生到死亡之間的時(shí)間：
例句：
She led a good, long life.
她的一生幸福長(zhǎng)壽

The interval of time between one`s birth and the present:
生命：從某人出生到目前的這一段時(shí)間：
例句：
has had hay fever all his life.
他一生下來就一直患枯草熱

A particular segment of one`s life:
人生階段：一個(gè)人一生中的某一特定階段：
例句：
my adolescent life.
我的青少年時(shí)期

The period from an occurrence until death:
終身：從出現(xiàn)一直到死亡的時(shí)期：
例句：
elected for life; paralyzed for life.
為終身選擇；終身癱瘓

Slang A sentence of imprisonment lasting till death.
【俚語】 終身監(jiān)禁：監(jiān)禁直到死亡的一種刑罰
The time for which something exists or functions:
使用期，有效期：某物存在或工作的時(shí)間：
例句：
the useful life of a car.
汽車的使用壽命

A spiritual state regarded as a transcending of corporeal death.
靈魂存在：一種被認(rèn)為超越了肉體死亡的精神狀態(tài)
An account of a person`s life; a biography.
傳記：某人生活的記述；傳記
Human existence, relationships, or activity in general:
生活：廣義上人的存在、關(guān)系或活動(dòng)：
例句：
real life; everyday life.
真實(shí)的生活；日常生活

A manner of living:
生活方式：
例句：
led a hard life.
過著艱難的生活

A specific, characteristic manner of existence. Used of inanimate objects:
存在：一種特定的、獨(dú)特的存在方式。用于無生命的物體：
例句：
.Great institutions seem to have a life of their own, independent of those who run them.(New Republic)
.大機(jī)構(gòu)似乎有自己的存在方式，獨(dú)立于經(jīng)營(yíng)管理他們的人.(新共和國(guó))

The activities and interests of a particular area or realm:
活動(dòng)，社交活動(dòng)：某一具體的地區(qū)或領(lǐng)域的活動(dòng)或興趣：
例句：
musical life in New York.
紐約的音樂活動(dòng)

A source of vitality; an animating force:
活力的源泉；活躍的力量：
例句：
She`s the life of the show.
她是演出中最活躍的人

Liveliness or vitality; animation:
活力，生命力；生氣：
例句：
a face that is full of life.
充滿生氣的臉

Something that actually exists regarded as a subject for an artist:
活體模型：作為藝術(shù)家的主題的確實(shí)存在的東西：
例句：
painted from life.
寫真繪畫

Actual environment or reality; nature.
世事：實(shí)際的環(huán)境或現(xiàn)實(shí)；自然
Christian Science God.
【基督教科學(xué)派】 上帝

<習(xí)慣用語>as big as life
Life-size.
與實(shí)物一般大小
Actually present.
確確實(shí)實(shí)存在的
bring to life
To cause to regain consciouness.
使恢復(fù)知覺
To put spirit into; to animate.
使活躍；使生動(dòng)
To make lifelike.
使逼真
come to life
To become animated; grow excited.
變得活躍；變得興奮
for dear life
Desperately or urgently:
拼命地，絕望地：
例句：
I ran for dear life when I saw the tiger.
當(dāng)我看到老虎時(shí)，我感到絕望了

for life
Till the end of one`s life.
終生：直到生命終結(jié)
for the life of (one)
Though trying hard:
無論如何：
例句：
For the life of me I couldn`t remember his name.
我無論如何也想不起他的名字

not on your life【非正式用語】
Absolutely not; not for any reason whatsoever.
絕對(duì)不；無論如何也不
take (one`s) life
To commit suicide.
自殺
take (someone`s) life
To commit murder.
謀殺
the good life
A wealthy, luxurious way of living.
富裕、奢侈的生活方式
the life of Riley【非正式用語】
An easy life.
輕松舒適的生活
the life of the party【非正式用語】
An animated, amusing person who is the center of attention at a social gathering.
聚會(huì)的靈魂人物：在社交場(chǎng)合是人們注意的焦點(diǎn)的活躍的、有趣的人
to save (one`s) life
No matter how hard one tries:
無論如何：不論某人多么努力：
例句：
He can`t ski to save his life.
他無論如何也不會(huì)滑雪

true to life
Conforming to reality.
栩栩如生的
來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English lof * see leip-
源自 古英語 lof *參見 leip-