life and death
生与死
The body was cold and showed no signs of life .
那躯体冰凉，显现不出有生命的迹象。
My father died last year─I wish I could bring him back to life .
去年我父亲逝世了，我要是能使他起死回生该多好啊。
In spring the countryside bursts into life.
乡村在春天生机盎然。
The floods caused a massive loss of life(= many people were killed) .
洪水造成许多人丧生。
He risked his life to save his daughter from the fire.
他冒着生命危险从火中救出他的女儿。
Hundreds of lives were threatened when the building collapsed.
数百条性命在大楼垮塌时受到了威胁。
The operation saved her life .
手术挽救了她的生命。
My grandfather lost his life(= was killed) in the war.
我的祖父在战争中丧生。
Several attempts have been made on the President's life(= several people have tried to kill him) .
已有数人试图谋杀总统。
plant/animal life
植物；动物
marine/pond life
海洋╱池塘生物
Is there intelligent life on other planets?
在其他星球上存在具有智力的生命吗？
He's lived here all his life .
他在这里住了一辈子了。
I've lived in England for most of my life.
我大半生都住在英格兰。
to have a long/short life
寿命长；寿命短
He became very weak towards the end of his life.
他临终时很虚弱。
Brenda took up tennis late in life .
布伦达在晚年打起网球来了。
He will spend the rest of his life(= until he dies) in a wheelchair.
他将在轮椅上度过他的余生。
There's no such thing as a job for life any longer.
不会再有像终身职位这样的事了。
She is a life member of the club.
她是这个俱乐部的终身会员。
in early/adult life
幼年；成年
She has been an accountant all her working life .
她在整个职业生涯中一直是会计师。
He met a lot of interesting people during his life as a student.
他在学生时代接触过许多有趣的人。
They were very happy throughout their married life .
他们婚后生活一直很幸福。
The International Stock Exchange started life as a London coffee shop.
国际证券交易所起初就是伦敦的一家咖啡馆。
They could see that the company had a limited life(= it was going to close) .
他们意识到公司的寿命不长了。
In Italy the average life of a government is eleven months.
意大利每届政府的平均寿命是十一个月。
The judge gave him life .
法官判他无期徒刑。
the worries of everyday life
日常生活中的操心事
He is young and has little experience of life .
他年轻，不谙世事。
Commuting is a part of daily life for many people.
乘车上下班是许多人日常生活的一部分。
Jill wants to travel and see life for herself.
吉尔想出去旅行，亲身体验一下生活。
We bought a dishwasher to make life easier .
为使生活轻松些我们买了一台洗碗机。
In London life can be hard.
在伦敦生活可能很艰苦。
In real life(= when she met him) he wasn't how she had imagined him at all.
一见面才发现他完全不是她所想象的那样。
Life isn't like in the movies, you know.
你知道，生活不像在电影里那样。
country/city life
乡村╱城市生活
She enjoyed political life.
她喜欢政治生活。
family/married life
家庭╱婚姻生活
How do you find life in Japan?
你觉得日本的生活如何？
He has had a good life .
他一直过着优裕的生活。
a hard/an easy life
艰难╱安逸舒适的生活
My day-to-day life is not very exciting.
我的日常生活很平淡。
a life of luxury
奢侈的生活
Her daily life involved meeting lots of people.
她在日常生活中要接触很多人。
Many of these children have led very sheltered lives(= they have not had many different experiences) .
这些儿童中很多人都是温室里的花朵。
They emigrated to start a new life in Canada.
他们移居加拿大，开始了新的生活。
He doesn't like to talk about his private life .
他不愿谈及他的私生活。
She has a full social life .
她的社交活动非常频繁。
articles about the love lives of the stars
有关明星爱情生活的文章
This is a great holiday resort that is full of life .
这里生气勃勃，是一个绝妙的度假胜地。
She had lessons in drawing from life.
她学了实物写生课程。
a life class(= one in which art students draw a naked man or woman)
人体写生课
She wrote a life of Mozart.
她写了一部莫扎特的传记。
He's lost two lives, so he's only got one left.
他失去了两次机会，所以只剩下一次了。
1.生计,生活
2.生命,性命
3.一生;寿命;【核】(亚原子粒子的)生命期;使用期限,耐久性
4.人生,人事世间,尘世
5.〈集合词〉生物
6.生命力精神,生气;弹性;精华,主要力量
7.无期徒刑
8.传记
9.实物;原物(大小)
10.被保险者
1.生计,生活
2.生命,性命
3.一生;寿命;【核】(亚原子粒子的)生命期;使用期限,耐久性
4.人生,人事世间,尘世
5.〈集合词〉生物
6.生命力精神,生气;弹性;精华,主要力量
7.无期徒刑
8.传记
9.实物;原物(大小)
10.被保险者
1.the period of time from someone’s birth until their death
2.your particular way of living and the experiences that you have; the events and experiences that are typical of a particular place or group of people; the events and experiences that happen to people in general
3.the state of being alive
4.living things such as plants and animals
5.the period of time during which something exists or continues; the period of time during which something is still good enough to be used
6.interesting or exciting qualities; the amount of activity or excitement in a place
7.in a game, one of a number of times that you can lose but still continue to play
8.life imprisonment
1.the period of time from someone’s birth until their death
2.your particular way of living and the experiences that you have; the events and experiences that are typical of a particular place or group of people; the events and experiences that happen to people in general
3.the state of being alive
4.living things such as plants and animals
5.the period of time during which something exists or continues; the period of time during which something is still good enough to be used
6.interesting or exciting qualities; the amount of activity or excitement in a place
7.in a game, one of a number of times that you can lose but still continue to play
8.life imprisonment
1.HOW much golden leisure can you expect at the end of your working life?
在你工作生活即将结束之时，你预期还有多长的黄金休闲时光呢？
2.I'm glad I went back to India, and I'm glad to be back in the U. S. Life has come full circle but the center has shifted.
我庆幸回过印度，也很庆幸又回到了美国。生活就是一个圆，只是圆心在变。
3.Somebody just handed me a sandwhich! Thankyou. Let me tell you, life doesn't get better than this.
刚有人给了我个三明治！谢谢。跟你们说，生活这样才带劲啊！
4.Her life ended December 18, 1992 with a great feeling in her heart that she had changed people's lives.
克莱拉于1992年12月18日离开人世，去世时她怀抱着改变了人们生活的满足感。
5.A time came when the king finally got tired of himself and of life, and he began to seek a way out.
有一天，国王终于对自己的这种性格厌倦了，他想下决心改掉它。
6.Each time, see you, will you get the little bit of success and happy to see you very happy life, I would be very much pleased.
每一次，见到你，都会为你取得的点点滴滴的成绩而高兴，见到你生活的很幸福，我会感到很欣慰。
7.It was an exhausting summer and made me anxious to return to my relatively easy life at college.
这样夏季过完时我已经疲惫不堪，盼望着开学后回到轻松一点的大学生活。
8.By an accident of history, we in the West have evolved a culture that separates man's spiritual life from his institutional life.
由于历史的一次偶然事件，在我们西方出现了一种把人的精神生活与机关团体生活分隔的文化。
9.Kutcher is so good now at what he does, "My whole goal in life was that maybe I'd make a million someday, " Kutcher says.
“库奇现在做得很好，”我生活中的目标是，也许我总有一天会赚一百万，库奇说。
10.Parents, like the warm streams, gently float the boat of our life and slowly drift it to the bank of maturity.
父母就像温暖的溪流，温柔地托浮著我们的生命之舟，缓缓地将它推送到成熟的彼岸。