音标:[laif] ; 柯林斯词典等级:5 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 生活, 生命, 人生, 世事, 生物, 寿命, 一生, 生命力, 灵魂, 无期徒刑
[医] 生活, 生存, 生命, 寿命
n. a characteristic state or mode of living
n. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
n. the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
n. the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
词型变化:名词复数形式 : lives
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life的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Surely, I will keep the secret for my whole life.当然,我会一生保守这个秘密。
  2. He had a car accident and his life was in danger.他遭遇车祸,有生命危险。
  3. I prefer country life to city life.我喜爱乡村生活,不喜爱城市生活。
  4. As we know, life is often compared with a voyage.如我们所知道的,人生常被比做航海。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. Life began on Earth millions of years ago.地球上的生命始于数百万年以前。
  2. Honour is dearer than life.名誉重于生命。
  3. He believes in eternal life after death.他相信死后有不朽的生命。
  4. Food is essential for life.生命离不开食物。
  5. The plant may recover;it's very dry and withered, but there's still life in it.这植物虽然干枯了,但有可能重现生机,因为它还没有死。
  6. The waters swarm with life.水里充满着生物。
  7. There is little plant life in the desert.沙漠里几乎没有什么植物。
  8. He has seen much of life.他阅历很深。
  9. She was then a girl of little life.那时,她是个涉世不深的女孩子。
  10. The dying man put up a valiant, but hopeless fight for life.那个垂死的人为了活下去进行英勇但又无望的斗争。
  11. The riot was brought under control without loss of life.骚乱得到控制,无人死亡。
  12. The adolescent life is most important.青春期的生活是非常重要的。
  13. She's always been very close about her past life.她对自己过去的生活始终守口如瓶。
  14. It is clear that computers will come into our everyday life soon.很清楚,计算机很快会步入我们的日常生活。
  15. There are few desirable things in one's life.生活中值得向往的事没有几件。
  16. My life feels empty now because the children have left home.因为孩子们都离开了家,我觉得生活空虚。
  17. The handicapped can enjoy happy lives in our country.在我国,残疾人能过上幸福生活。
  18. Village life is too dull for me.我觉得农村的生活单调乏味。
  19. He left the army and returned to civilian life.他退伍后恢复了平民的生活。
  20. He is used to collective life and feels very lonely when he is left alone.他习惯于集体生活,只剩下他一个人的时候,他就感到很孤独。
  21. We led an austere life in the mountain.我们在山里过着艰苦的生活。
  22. He didn't want to live an empty life.他不想过一种空虚的生活。
  23. My father has retired and is leading an easy life.我的父亲已经退休,过着安逸的生活。
  24. Many men are content with a routine life.很多人都满足于常规生活。
  25. His life-style is rather austere.他的生活方式相当简朴。
  26. Doctors worked through the night to save the life of the injured man.医生彻夜工作以拯救伤员的性命。
  27. Three lives were lost in the accident.事故中三人丧生。
  28. The rabbit seems to be very alert all its life.兔子似乎一生都小心翼翼,十分警觉。
  29. He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  30. Never in all my life have I known such a disgraceful exhibition of behavior.我一辈子也没见过这样丢脸的行为。
  31. She lived her whole life in the country.她在农村度过一生。
  32. Children are always so full of life.儿童总是那么朝气蓬勃。
  33. The children are full of life this morning.孩子们今天早上都精神焕发。
  34. Man's life is much longer than before.人的寿命比以前长多了。
  35. Do you know the life of a man-made satellite?你知道人造卫星的寿命吗?

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
bring (back) to life
    使复活,给…以活力 make sb/sth live againbring sb/sth (back) to life

    The weather was so hot that three people fainted, and we had to call a doctor to bring them to life.

    天气这么热,有三个人晕倒了,我们只好请医生来将他们救醒了。

    This play brings to life an experience I had many years ago.

    这个剧使我多年前的一段经历复活了。

    Once someone is died, he cannot be brought back to life.

    人一旦死了,即不能复生。

come to life
    苏醒过来,开始有生气 become animated
for life
    终生,终身 through life
for one's life
    拼命地 in order to escape death
for the life of one
    无论如何 however
from life
    根据实物 depend upon the truth
take (a) life
    杀人 kill sb
take one's life in one's hands
    冒生命危险 risk being killed
to the life
    逼真的〔地〕,惟妙惟肖的〔地〕 copying or copied exactly

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • add life增加生气
  • begin a life开始生活
  • better the life改善生活
  • breathe new life into sth给予(某事物)生气
  • bring back to life使…苏醒,使…复活,使…生动活泼
  • bring sb to life救活某人
  • carry one's life in one's hands冒险
  • change one's life改变生活
  • close one's life结束一生
  • come (back) to life复活
  • cost many lives使许多人丧生
  • cut short (sb's) life缩短(某人的)生命
  • end one's life结束一生
  • enjoy a life过日子
  • enter upon life踏上社会
  • face life面对生活
  • give one's life献身
  • lay down one's life牺牲生命
  • lead a life过日子,过生活
  • lead an easy life过安乐生活
  • light one's whole life摧残某人的一生
  • live a life过日子
  • live out a natural life终其天年
  • lose one's life丧生
  • love (a) life热爱生活
  • make a new life创造新生活
  • pass one's life打发日子
  • put new life into sb给某人带来新的希望
  • save sb's life救某人的命
  • see life见世面,长阅历
  • seek sb's life想谋害某人
  • sell (one's) life出卖生命,卖命
  • sleep one's life away混日子,虚度光阴
  • spare sb's life饶某人一命
  • spend one's life度过一生
  • stand life忍受生活
  • start a new life开始新的生活
  • take a life夺去生命
  • take on life显得栩栩如生
  • take one's own life自杀
  • trouble life扰乱生活
  • understand life懂得人生
  • value one's life珍惜生命
  • waste one's life浪费生命
形容词+~
  • active life快乐的生活,活跃的生活
  • better life更美好的生活
  • busy life忙碌的生活
  • common life平凡的一生
  • country life乡村生活
  • daily life日常生活
  • dear life宝贵的生命
  • difficult life艰难的生活
  • double life双重人格的生活
  • early life早期生活
  • easy life舒适的生活
  • empty life空虚的生活
  • equal life平等的生活
  • foreign life国外生活
  • free life自由生活
  • full life经历丰富的生活
  • good life好生活
  • happy life幸福生活
  • hard life困苦的日子
  • honest life诚实的生活
  • human life人类的生活
  • level life单调的生活
  • long life长寿
  • material life物质生活
  • modern life现代化生活
  • national life国民生活
  • new life新生活
  • noble life高尚的生活
  • outside life外面的生活
  • past life过去的生活,昔日生活
  • peaceful life安宁平静的生活
  • personal life个人生活
  • plain life简朴的生活
  • political life政治生涯
  • public life公务
  • quiet life安宁平静的生活
  • regular life有规律的生活
  • short life短暂的一生,短命
  • simple life简朴的生活,退休生活,孤独的生活
  • useful life有益的一生
  • whole life一生
  • wild life放纵的生活
名词+~
  • animal and plant life动植物生态
  • army life军旅生涯
  • art life艺术生涯
  • city life城市生活
  • college life大学生活
  • country life乡村生活
  • day life平凡的生活,日常的生活
  • family life家庭生活
  • farm yard life农场生活
  • home life家庭生活
  • navy life海军生活
  • night life夜生活
  • student life学生生活
  • town life都市生活
  • university life大学生活
  • village life乡村的生活方式
~+名词
  • life boat救生艇
  • life breath维持生命的呼吸
  • life car救生吊车
  • life class写生课
  • life force生命力
  • life history生活史
  • life member终身会员
介词+~
  • above life高于生命
  • between life and death生死之间
  • during sb's life在某人的一生中
  • for life终身
  • for one's life拼命地
  • from (the) life从原物,拿原物做范本,模拟实物
  • in life在世间
  • in sb's life在某人的生活中
  • every walk of life各行各业
  • experience of life人生阅历
  • rest of life余生
  • the quality of life生活质量
  • way of life生活方式
  • the course of one's life一个人的生活道路
  • the first half of one's life在前半生
  • on your life绝对
  • true to life逼真的
  • to the life逼真的
~+介词
  • life after death来世的生活
  • life at在…的生活
  • life for (a) life以命偿命
  • life of the working people劳动人民的生活
  • life of pleasure享乐生活
  • life of plenty富足的生活
  • life of the people人民生活

经典引文

  • The start of life is traditionally identified with the first breath.

    出自:Jonathan Miller
  • Today we understand how man, and even..how life has arisen on Earth.

    出自:P. Davies
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