n.

1. 生命；生存[U]
   How did life begin?

   生命是如何起源的？

2. 生物，活的東西[U]
   There is no life on the moon.

   月球上沒有生物。

3. （個人的）性命[C]
   He risked his life to save the child.

   他冒生命危險救那孩子。

4. 一生；壽命[C]
   His life was full of misfortunes.

   他的一生充滿了不幸。

5. （物的）壽命，有效期[C]
   The machine's life is very long.

   這機器使用壽命很長。

6. 人生；世上[U]
   Life isn't all fun.

   人生不都是充滿歡笑。

7. 生活（狀態）；生計[C][U]
   I know that he has a very hard life.

   我知道他日子過得很艱難。

   He did not know her way of life.

   他不知道她的生活方式。

8. 傳記[C]
   I'm reading the life of Dickens.

   我在讀狄更斯的傳記。

9. 元氣，活力[U]
   He is full of life.

   他充滿了活力。

10. 支柱，靈魂[the S][（+of）]
    She was the life of the party.

    她是宴會上的靈魂人物。

11. 無期徒刑[U]
    The criminal was sentenced to life.

    罪犯被判處無期徒刑。

12. 實物，真貨[U]
    This was painted from life.

    這是根據實物畫的。

n.

1. the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
   ▸living things and their activity.
2. the existence of an individual human or animal.
   ▸a particular type or aspect of human existence:

   school life.
   ▸a biography.
   ▸informal a sentence of imprisonment for life.
   ▸(in some games) each of a specified number of chances each player has before being put out.
3. the period during which something continues to exist, function, or be valid.
4. vitality or energy.
5. [as modifier] (in art) based on a living rather than an imagined form:
   a life drawing.

[名]

1. ①生命。
2. ②生活。
3. ③人生。