| 词组 | life |
| 释义 | 1． 表示 “( 人的) 生命”，可作可数或不可数名词: The protest was brought under control without loss of life. Hundreds of lives were lost in the war. 2． 可以表示 “从生到死的一段时间”，也可表示“从生到目前的这一段时间”: He devoted his whole life to help- ing the poor. ( 这里的 life 指 “the period between birth and death”) He has lived all his life in Boston， but he's going to spend the rest of his life in the countryside. ( 这里的 life 指 “the period between birth and the present”) 3． 下面短语中的 life 一般用作不可数名词: It's a matter of life and death. That's life. There's no sign of life in the ghost town. The story is true to life. He came back to life. He is brought to life in this story. He was brought back to life. The sleeping cat suddenly burst into life. You really see life in my job. He got life for a serious crime. He was jailed for life in 2000 for the murder. This never happened in real life. 4． in later life 和 late in life 的含义不同: It was in later life that she wrote her best novel. 她的最佳小说是在晚年写成的。 He became famous late in life. 他大器晚成。 5． 作 “生活”解时，常作单数或不可数名词: We led a happy life. ( 单数) Life is sometimes difficult. ( 不可数) 6． “生命科学”用 life sciences 和 life science 表示都可以，但用前者居多: There is an explosion of data fa- cing researchers throughout life sciences. Please read articles about life sci- ence. 7． 其他学科的说法可以参考上述用法，可以说: environmental health sciences computer sciences information sciences 8． “救生衣”可译成 life jacket 或 life vest，前者较常用。 |
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