life是什么意思

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 .

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.