life /laif/ n.［c］ & ［u］ ( pl.lives) 1. 生命：lay down one’s life 牺牲生命；late in life在晚年时；lose one’s life丧生；give one’s life for the liberation 为解放献出自己的生命 all one’s life 终生，终身，一辈子：struggle for… all one’s life为…奋斗终生；a matter of life and death 生死攸关的事情；bring to life 使苏醒；come back to life 苏醒过来；复活：They hoped they could come back to life in the pyramids one day. 他们希望有朝一日他们在金字塔里能复活过来。come to life苏醒过来，开始有生气：I love to watch everything coming to life again in the spring. 我爱看万物在春天复苏。Wei Fang's coming to our class made our class come to life. 魏芳的到来使我们班活跃起来。for life终生，终身：A hard blow on the ear deafened him for life. 耳朵上挨的一记猛击使他耳聋了一辈子。He was appointed professor in the university for life. 他被任为那所大学的终身教授。I believe marriage is for life.我相信婚姻是终身的。 in (one’s) life 一生中：He has never been to theatre in his life. 他生平没有到过戏院。true to life 逼真的：The picture is true to life. 这张画栩栩如生。2. 生活：lead/live a happy (comfortable, busy, simple) life 过着幸福(舒适，忙碌的，简朴的)生活 He has had a successful life.他的一生很有成就。 3. ［u］生物(集合词): study animal and plant life 研究动植物Is there any life on the planet Mars? 火星上有生物吗?