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lifetime noun ADJECTIVE | VERB + LIFETIME | LIFETIME + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVElong 漫长的一生◆wisdom gained in the course of a long lifetime在漫长的一生中获得的智慧short 短暂的一生◆A lifetime is too short for all the great books there are!一生太短，读不完所有的名著！entire, whole 终生VERB + LIFETIMEdevote, spend 毕生致力于◆He devoted a lifetime to working with disabled children.他毕生致力于帮助残疾儿童。take (sb) 花（某人）一生时间◆It took a whole lifetime to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance.她用了一生的时间才解开父亲失踪之谜。last (sb) （让某人）用一辈子◆This watch should last you a lifetime.这块表你能用一辈子。seem, seem like 好像一辈子◆It seems a lifetime since we first met.我们初次见面似乎是上辈子的事了。live 过一生◆You can live a whole lifetime and not witness such an event.你有可能一辈子都没机会亲历这样的事件。LIFETIME + NOUNachievement 终身成就◆The veteran director won a lifetime achievement award.这位资深导演获得了终身成就奖。appointment (NAmE) , employment 终身任命／职业membership (NAmE) 终身会员资格earnings, income 毕生所得；终身收入◆Payments are based on expected lifetime income.根据预期的终身收入来决定付款金额。guarantee, warranty 终身保证／保修ban 终身禁令commitment 终生承诺PREPOSITIONafter a lifetime 一辈子以后◆After a lifetime as a journalist in the trouble spots of the world, he retired to the country.在世界不安定地区做了一辈子记者之后，他退休到了乡下。during sb's lifetime 在某人的一生中◆I've seen many changes during my lifetime.我一生中经历了许多变革。in your lifetime 在有生之年◆The artist was little known in his lifetime.这位艺术家一生默默无闻。of a lifetime 一生难有一次的◆She gave the performance of a lifetime.她进行了一次难得的表演。lifetime in 在⋯中的一生◆She spent a lifetime in politics.她一生从政。lifetime of ⋯的一生◆a lifetime of problems问题不断的一生PHRASESthe habits of a lifetime 一生的习惯◆It's hard to break the habits of a lifetime.很难改变一辈子养成的习惯。a legend in your own lifetime 自己所处时代的传奇◆Callas was a legend in her own lifetime.卡拉斯是她那个时代的传奇人物。half a lifetime 半辈子a lifetime ago, a lifetime away 一辈子以前◆College seems half a lifetime away.大学好像是上半辈子的事了。a lifetime's experience, a lifetime's work 一辈子的经验／工作a lifetime's worth of sth 值一辈子的⋯◆The images are part of a lifetime's worth of photographs from Cohen's long career.那些图像是科恩漫长摄影生涯中倾注毕生心血的作品的一部分。once in a lifetime 一生一次◆That sort of thing happens only once in a lifetime.那种事一生只有一次。 |