life泛指“生命”时是不可数名词;泛指“性命”时是可数名词;泛指“生活”时是不可数名词,其前不加冠词,但指某种有比较具体内容的“生活”“生活方式”时则是可数名词。
音标:英 [laɪf] 美 [laɪf]
释义:生活,生计;生命,性命;一生,寿命;人生,尘世
1、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。
2、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。
3、In spring the countryside bursts into life.
乡村在春天生机盎然。
4、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。
5、The operation saved her life .
手术挽救了她的生命。
6、My grandfather lost his life (= was killed) in the war.
我的祖父在战争中丧生。