英语释义

1. very rare or very rarely

片语

A human lifetime一代

to last a whole lifetime将要持续到一生

In a single lifetime在一生中

Once in a lonely lifetime在我生命中最孤独的时候

a positron lifetime spectrometer正电子湮灭寿命谱仪

A Different Lifetime唱片名

Could take a whole lifetime也许要用一辈子

a orption lifetime吸收寿期

英汉例句

• it has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your president.

  对我来说，能够担任你们的总统，是我一生的荣耀。

• and men spend a lifetime trying to negotiate a peace settlement between these most basic of instincts.

  而男人终其一生都在努力在其这些最基础的本能中寻求一个平衡点。

• leading health organizations agree that a balanced plant-based diet can support a lifetime of good health and can help protect against diseases such as cancer and heart disease.

  领先的健康组织都赞同，一个平衡的植物性饮食可以支撑一个健康良好的一生，并能帮助我们预防疾病，比如癌癥和心脏病。

• some of us spend a lifetime looking for that.

  我们穷其一生不就是在寻找这些吗？

• a rich culture demands contributions from authors and artists who devote thousands of hours to a work and a lifetime to their craft.

  丰富多彩的文化需要作家们和艺术家们投入大量的精力，磨练技艺需要花费一生的时光。

• it’s hard to describe -- it was a once in a lifetime opportunity.

  那太难形容了——它是一生只能遇到一次的机会。

• the result is a massive saving in time, since without the atlas each researcher could spend a lifetime trying to gather complete gene-expression data for his or her work.

  这样做的结果是大大节省了时间。因为没有图谱，每个研究者为了他或他的研究，可能会花费一生的时间来搜集完整的基因表达数据。

• written on the body is a secret code only visible in certain lights: the accumulations of a lifetime gather there.

  对身体的描述是一种密码，只有在一定的光线之下才可以看到：把整个的一生积累在一起。

• in fact, it takes a lifetime for most people.

  事实上，很多人要用一生去了解自己。