life

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第723页（1474字）

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n．(pl．lives)①生命，生存：We will defend our country at the cost of our lives．我们要不惜牺牲生命保卫我们的祖国． amatter of life and aeath生死问题．besafe in life and limt安全无恙．bring sb．to life 使某人苏醒过来．come to life 恢复知觉，苏醒过来．for one’s life(=for dear life)拚命；逃命．for the life of me无论如何：I cannot for the life of me recollect where I put it．我怎么也想不起来把它放到哪里去了．on(or upon)my life 以生命担保，誓必．take one’s own life 自杀．take sb．’s life 杀人，夺去某人的生命．②一生，寿命：average life 平均寿命．a life sentence无期徒刑．the life of a machine机器的寿命．We will serve the people all our lives．我们要一辈子为人民服务．The life of Lu Hsun was a glorious life，a fighting life．鲁迅的一生是光荣的一生，战斗的一生．in life 在活着的时候：go on making revolution late in life 晚年继续干革命．for life 终身地，无期地．③生活，生活方式：everyday life 日常生活．the necessaries of life 生活必需品．Before liberation the poor lived a life of cold and hunger．解放前穷人饥寒交迫．④人生，世事，社会活动：see life 见闻广．learn sth．of life 经历世事．enter upon life 走上社会．He has seen nothing in life．他完全没有见过世面．He began life as an apprentice．他是学徒出身．⑤(总称)生物：animal and plant life 动植物．Is there any life on the moon?月亮上有生物吗?There is little life in theArctic．北极生物极少．⑥实物，真物：a picture taken from(the) life 照实物画的图画．as large as life 1)原物那么大的．2)【谑】亲自(来到等)：Here he is，as large as life．他亲自到了．3)【谑】的的确确．to the life 逼真：The portrait is drawn to the life．这幅像画得逼真．⑦传记，言行录：The life of Stalin《斯大林传略》．⑧生气，活力，活力的源泉：You are full of life．你们朝气蓬勃．She is all life．她生气勃勃．Let’s put more life into our work．咱们把工作干得更活跃一些吧．He is the life of the group．他的活跃带动了全组．⑨【宗】救世，再生，新生．