核心畫面

Picture a single line drawn from birth to death — the whole stretch, seen from the outside as one measured length. Because that length is the longest one a person gets, English also uses it as a ruler: if something only happens once in that whole line, it is rare; if it will not happen even in that whole line, it will never happen.

可以想成:從出生畫到死亡的一整條線,從外面看就是「一段有長度的時間」。因為這是一個人能拿到最長的一段,英文也順手拿它更多收起可以想成:從出生畫到死亡的一整條線,從外面看就是「一段有長度的時間」。因為這是一個人能拿到最長的一段,英文也順手拿它當尺來量:一件事在整條線上只出現一次,就是難得;一件事連整條線都等不到,就是永遠不會。

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

lifetimenoun/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/

  • 1

    The duration of the life of someone or something.

    • a project that will take many human lifetimes to complete
    • the operational lifetime of an aircraft component
  • 2

    informalA long period of time.

    • I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。