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词组 lifetime
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lifetime /ˈlaɪftaɪm/ noun the period of time during which someone is alive or something existsadjectivesa whole/entire lifetime He has lived here throughout his entire lifetime.a short/long lifetime She had learned a lot in her short lifetime. | In the course of a long lifetime, he improved the lives of many people.verbsspend a lifetime I’ve spent a lifetime looking after other people.take a lifetime It can take a lifetime to develop this skill.last a lifetime Well-made golf clubs ought to last a lifetime.seem (like) a lifetime It seemed a lifetime since she’d gone to bed the night before.You often use a lifetime when you mean “a very long time”: There was enough food in the house to last a lifetime.lifetime + nounsa lifetime ban (=saying someone cannot do something ever again in their life) He is facing a lifetime ban from athletics.sb’s lifetime earnings/income (=the amount someone earns in their life) Their lifetime earnings will be $2 million less than those of their male classmates.a lifetime guarantee (=a promise that something will work well all someone’s life) These binoculars are covered by a lifetime guarantee.a lifetime achievement award The singer received a lifetime achievement award in 1992.prepositionsduring/in sb’s lifetime His works fetched high prices at auction during his lifetime. | Only about 100 of his poems were published in his lifetime.a lifetime of sth They face a lifetime of misery.phrasesthe chance/experience/holiday etc of a lifetime (=the best one you will ever have or do) I’m offering you the chance of a lifetime.the habit of a lifetime (=a habit that someone has had all their life) It isn’t easy to break the habits of a lifetime.a lifetime’s work Almost a lifetime’s work has been destroyed.a lifetime’s experience She had a lifetime’s experience of cooking for people.once in a lifetime It was the kind of discovery that a scientist makes only once in a lifetime.The phrase once in a lifetime is often used before nouns: This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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