life的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-UNCOUNT生命；生存

Life is the quality which people, animals, and plants have when they are not dead, and which objects and substances do not have.

• ...a baby's first minutes of life...

  嬰兒生命的最初幾分鐘

• Amnesty International opposes the death penalty as a violation of the right to life.

  國際特赦組織反對死刑，稱其違背了生命權。

N-UNCOUNT（總稱）生物

You can use life to refer to things or groups of things which are alive.

• Is there life on Mars?...

  火星上有生物嗎？

• The book includes some useful facts about animal and plant life.

  這本書包括了有關動植物的一些有用的知識。

N-COUNT（尤指處於危險之中的）生命，性命

If you refer to someone's life, you mean their state of being alive, especially when there is a risk or danger of them dying.

• Your life is in danger...

  你的生命正處在危險中。

• A nurse began to try to save his life...

  一名護士開始試圖挽救他的生命。

N-COUNT壽命；一生

Someone's life is the period of time during which they are alive.

• He spent the last fourteen years of his life in retirement...

  他一生中最後的14年是在退休中度過的。

• For the first time in his life he regretted that he had no faith.

  有生以來第一次他為自己沒有信仰而後悔。

N-COUNT人生階段

You can use life to refer to a period of someone's life when they are in a particular situation or job.

• Interior designers spend their working lives keeping up to date with the latest trends...

  室內設計師的整個職業生涯都是緊跟時尚潮流的。

• That was the beginning of my life in the television business.

  這是我投身電視業的初始階段。

N-COUNT（特定的）生活

You can use life to refer to particular activities which people regularly do during their lives.

• My personal life has had to take second place to my career...

  我的私人生活不得不為事業讓路。

• Most diabetics have a normal sex life.

  絕大多數糖尿病患者有著正常的性生活。

N-UNCOUNT生活

You can use life to refer to the events and experiences that happen to people while they are alive.

• Life won't be dull!...

  生活絕不會沉悶！

• It's the people with insecurities who make life difficult.

  就是那些沒有安全感的人讓生活變得問題不斷。

N-UNCOUNT世事；人生

If you know a lot about life, you have gained many varied experiences, for example by travelling a lot and meeting different kinds of people.

• I was 19 and too young to know much about life...

  我當時才19歲，太年輕了，不諳世事。

• I needed some time off from education to experience life.

  我需要從學校教育中抽身一段時間去體驗人生。

N-UNCOUNT（有關特定地方、團體或活動的）生活

You can use life to refer to the things that people do and experience that are characteristic of a particular place, group, or activity.

• How did you adjust to college life?

  你是如何適應大學生活的？

• ...the culture and life of north Africa...

  北非的文化與生活

N-UNCOUNT活力；生氣

A person, place, book, or film that is full of life gives an impression of excitement, energy, or cheerfulness.

• The town itself was full of life and character...

  這個城市本身充滿活力，個性十足。

• The rejection of the Jewish theme meant the rejection of everything that gave the script passion and life...

  拋棄了猶太主題就等於完全拋棄了這個劇本的激情與活力之源。

N-COUNT傳記

A life of a person is a book or film which tells the story of their life.

• A life of John Paul Jones had long interested him.

  他很久以來一直都想創作一部關於約翰·保羅·瓊斯的傳記作品。

N-UNCOUNT無期徒刑；終身監禁

If someone is sentenced to life, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life or for a very long time.

• He could get life in prison, if convicted.

  如果罪名成立，他可能會被判終身監禁。

N-COUNT（機器等的）使用期，有效期；（組織、專案等的）存在期

The life of something such as a machine, organization, or project is the period of time that it lasts for.

• The repairs did not increase the value or the life of the equipment.

  維修既沒有使裝置增值，也沒有延長其使用壽命。

N-UNCOUNT（繪畫、雕塑中的）寫生

In art, life refers to the producing of drawings, paintings, or sculptures that represent actual people, objects, or places, rather than images from the artist's imagination.

• ...learning to draw from life...

  學習寫生

• She had once posed for Life classes when she was an art student.

  她在藝校上學時曾為人體寫生課當過模特兒。

PHRASE是（某人）生活的寄託；是對（某人）來說生命般寶貴的人（或事物）

If you say that something or someone is your life, you are emphasizing that they are extremely important to you.

• The Church is my life.

  教會就是我生命的全部。

PHRASE（使）變得生動；（使）變得有趣

If you bring something to life or if it comes to life, it becomes interesting or exciting.

• The cold, hard cruelty of two young men is vividly brought to life in this true story...

  這個真實的故事把兩個年輕人的冷酷殘忍刻畫得入木三分。

• Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life.

  原本顯得沉悶枯燥的詩歌突然有了生氣。

PHRASE變得活躍

If something or someone comes to life, they become active.

• The volcano came to life a week ago.

  一個星期前，火山開始變得活躍。

PHRASE死後（某種形式）的存在

If you talk about life after death, you are discussing the possibility that people may continue to exist in some form after they die.

• I believe in life after death.

  我相信人死後生命會以某種形式存在。

PHRASE在死亡線上掙扎；與生命抗爭

If you say that someone is fighting for their life, you mean that they are in a very serious condition and may die as a result of an accident or illness.

• He was in a critical condition, fighting for his life in hospital.

  他的情況很危急，正在醫院裡與死神搏鬥。

PHRASE終生

For life means for the rest of a person's life.

• He was jailed for life in 1966 for the murder of three policemen...

  他因謀殺了3名警察而在1966年被終身監禁。

• She may have been scarred for life...

  她可能會留下永久的創傷。

PHRASE無論如何，再怎麼（也不能）

If you say that you cannot for the life of you understand or remember something, you are emphasizing that you cannot understand or remember it, even if you try hard.

• I can't for the life of me understand why you didn't think of it.

  我無論如何也無法理解你為什麼沒想到這個。

PHRASE拼命地；盡最大努力地

If you say that someone does something for dear life or for their life, you mean that they do it using all their strength and effort because they are in a dangerous or urgent situation.

• I made for the life raft and hung on for dear life.

  我游到救生筏前，死命地抓住它。

PHRASE過得很充實

If you say that someone lives life to the full, you mean that they try to gain a lot from life by being always busy and trying new activities.

PHRASE做點有益的事；不要成天雞毛蒜皮

If you tell someone to get a life, you are expressing frustration with them because their life seems boring or they seem to care too much about unimportant things.

CONVENTION生活還是要繼續

You can say 'Life goes on' after mentioning something very sad to indicate that, although people are very upset or affected by it, they have to carry on living normally.

• I can't spend the rest of my life wishing it hadn't happened. Life goes on.

  我不能下半輩子一直活在希望這事沒有發生的陰影中。生活還是要繼續。

PHRASE有業餘愛好；生活豐富多彩

If you say that you have a life, you mean that you have interests and activities, particularly outside your work, which make your life enjoyable and worthwhile.

PHRASE（男人或女人）在（某人）生活中的，與（某人）有戀愛關係（或性關係）的

If you talk about the man or woman in someone's life, you mean the person they are having a relationship with, especially a sexual relationship.

• There is a new man in her life.

  她有了一個新男友。

PHRASE（強調從來沒有經歷過）我一生中

You can use in all my life or in my life to emphasize that you have never previously experienced something to such a degree.

• I have never been so scared in all my life...

  我一生中從來沒有這麼害怕過。

• I have never seen such a shambles in my life.

  我一輩子都沒見過這麼亂七八糟的場面。

PHRASE從來沒受過這樣的驚嚇/從來沒跑這麼快過

You can use expressions such as the fright of your life or the race of your life to emphasize, for example, that you have never been so frightened or that you never have run faster.

• A top reggae singer gave a young fan the thrill of her life when he serenaded her.

  一名當紅雷蓋樂歌手對著一個年輕的歌迷唱了一首小夜曲，這讓她感到了前所未有的激動與興奮。

PHRASE誇張的；誇大的；超群的

If you say that someone or something is larger than life, you mean that they appear or behave in a way that seems more exaggerated or important than usual.

• ...not that we should expect all good publishers to be larger than life...

  不等於說我們要求所有的優秀出版社都與眾不同。

• Throughout his career he's always been a larger than life character.

  在他的整個職業生涯中，他都是一個非同凡響的人物。

PHRASE犧牲生命

If someone lays down their life for another person, they die so that the other person can live.

• Man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends.

  犧牲自己的生命去救朋友，沒有比這更偉大的愛了。

PHRASE冒著生命危險

If someone risks life and limb, they do something very dangerous that may cause them to die or be seriously injured.

• Viewers will remember the dashing hero, Dirk, risking life and limb to rescue Daphne from the dragons.

  觀眾不會忘記風度翩翩的男主角德克冒著生命危險把達芙妮從惡龍爪下救出的情形。

PHRASE新生活

If you start a new life, you move to another place or country, or change your career, usually to try and recover from an unpleasant experience.

• He had gone as far away as possible to build a new life.

  他去了儘可能遠的地方開始新的生活。

CONVENTION（表示斷然拒絕）決不會，絕不可能

If someone says 'Not on your life', they are totally rejecting a suggestion that has been made.

• 'You should have given him a lift.' — 'In that condition? Not on your life!'

  “你應該讓他搭一段車的。”——“在那種情況下？絕對不行。”

PHRASE過自己的生活；按自己的方式生活

If you live your own life, you live in the way that you want to and accept responsibility for your actions and decisions, without other people's advice or interference.

• Adults need to live their own lives and that's difficult with children.

  大人需要過他們自己的生活，但有了孩子就很難做到了。

PHRASE控制…的生活；左右…的生活

If you say that something rules someone's life, you mean that it affects everything they do, usually in a negative way.

• I'm going to stop letting drugs and drink rule my life.

  我決心不再讓毒品和酒精控制我的生活。

PHRASE無論如何（都做不好）

If you say that someone cannot do something to save their life, you are emphasizing that they do it very badly.

• Winston could not have read the road signs to save his life.

  溫斯頓怎麼也學不會看路標。

PHRASE聚會的靈魂人物，社交場合的活躍人物（美國英語中通常作the life of the party）

If you refer to someone as the life and soul of the party, you mean that they are very lively and entertaining on social occasions, and are good at mixing with people. In American English, you usually say that they are the life of the party .

PHRASE（以…形式）開始存在

If something starts life or begins life as a particular thing, it is that thing when it first starts to exist.

• Herr's book started life as a dramatic screenplay.

  赫爾的書一開始是一個電影劇本。

PHRASE殺死（某人）

If someone takes another person's life, they kill them. If someone takes their own life, they kill themselves.

• Before execution, he admitted to taking the lives of at least 35 more women...

  被處決之前，他承認另外還殺死過至少35名女性。

• He helped his first wife take her life when she was dying of cancer.

  他曾幫助自己身患癌症、不久於人世的第一任妻子自殺。

CONVENTION生活就是如此；這就是人生

People say 'That's life' after an unlucky, unpleasant, or surprising event to show that they realize such events happen occasionally and must be accepted.

• 'It never would have happened if Florette had not gone back for the book.' — 'That's life.'

  “要是弗洛裡特不回去取書就不會發生這樣的事了。”——“這就是人生。”

PHRASE（機器、車輛）突然開動

You can use expressions such as to come to life ,to spring to life, and to roar into life to indicate that a machine or vehicle suddenly starts working or moving.

• To his great relief the engine came to life...

  發動機突然又開始轉了，這讓他大大鬆了一口氣。

• In the garden of the Savoy Hotel the sprinklers suddenly burst into life.

  薩伏伊酒店花園裡的灑水器突然開始噴水。

CONVENTION這叫什麼生活啊

People say 'What a life' to indicate that they are unhappy or are having great difficulties.

• Here I am at a crummy hotel with no clean clothes, no money and suffering from shock. What a life!

  我如今身在一家破舊的旅館裡，沒有乾淨衣服，沒有一分錢，又驚魂未定。這是什麼日子啊！

PHRASE生命無價值/使生命有價值

If you say that life isn't worth living without something, or that something makes life worth living, you mean that you cannot enjoy life without it.

• Life is not worth living without food you can look forward to and enjoy!...

  如果沒有美食可以讓人期待和享受，那人生還有什麼意思！

• Those are the moments which make life worth living.

  正是這些時刻讓生活有了意義。