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单词 lifelong
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lifelongn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: life n., long adv.1
Etymology: < life n. + long adv.1, after all my life long, his whole life long, and similar phrases (see long adv.1 3). Compare earlier lifelong adj. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ləi·fˌlǫŋ) /ˈlaɪflɒŋ/.
Obsolete.
The duration of one's life; a lifetime.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > course or span of life
life-dayOE
year-daysOE
timeOE
dayOE
lifeOE
life's timeOE
livelihoodOE
yearOE
lifetimea1300
life-whilea1300
for (also to) term of (a person's) lifea1325
coursec1384
livingc1390
voyage1390
agea1398
life's dayc1425
thread1447
racea1450
living daysc1450
natural life1461
lifeness1534
twist1568
leasec1595
span1599
clew1615
marcha1625
peregrination1653
clue1684
stamen1701
life term1739
innings1772
lifelong1814
pass-through1876
inning1885
natural1891
life cycle1915
puff1967
1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant v. 88 I cou'd wish that my whole Life long were the first Night of a New Play.]
1814 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 516 It proves how careful we ought to be.—If I had done it, it might have made [me] unhappy for my Life-long.
a1836 R. H. Froude Mem. (1849) 47 For the making of a single rich man, we make a thousand whose life-long is one flood-tide of misery.
1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 119 A spot wherein a student might have passed a lifelong.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

lifelongadj.adv.

Brit. /ˈlʌɪflɒŋ/, /ˌlʌɪfˈlɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈlaɪfˌlɔŋ/, /ˈlaɪfˌlɑŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: life n., long adj.1
Etymology: < life n. + long adj.1 In sense A. 2 by association with livelong adj. 1.
A. adj.
1. Lasting or continuing for a lifetime, or throughout one's life. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > course or span of life > for duration of a lifetime
lifelong1613
livelong1788
forever1879
womb-to-tomb1947
lifetime1962
1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. ii. 31 The drowsie Lawyer, and the false Atturnies Tire poore mens purses with their life-long-iournies.
1650 R. Baron Pocula Castalia 100 Why should hope flatter me? since her fair hands I find so loath to tie those life-long bands?
1700 C. Hopkins Friendship Improv'd ii. 13 In vain with life-long Trouble we contend, Where Women are concern'd, it cannot end.
a1750 A. Hill Northern Star in Wks. (1753) I. 183 Tell him,—that hair-breadth 'scapes, and life-long fear, Buy pow'r, and pomp, and infamy, too dear.
1866 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius §2 The history of that dreary, lifelong fray.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 267 Plato..in his life-long effort to work out the great intellectual puzzle of his age.
1921 T. S. Eliot Let. 6 Nov. (1988) I. 486 My ‘nerves’ are a very mild affair, due..to an aboulie and emotional derangement which has been a lifelong affliction.
1944 M. Irwin Young Bess vi. 79 The lifelong rivalry had ended without either of them finally succeeding in getting the better of the other.
1964 R. Gover Here goes Kitten 33 It taught me a valuable lesson, a lifelong lesson.
2007 N.Y. Mag. 20 Aug. 46 They are pretty much lifelong rentals... The only way tenants vacate the spaces is horizontally.
2. = livelong adj. 1. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring
longeOE
longsomeeOE
long of lifeOE
lastinga1225
cleaving1340
continualc1340
dwellingc1380
long-livinga1382
everlastingc1384
long-duringa1387
long-lasting?a1400
long-liveda1400
broadc1400
permanable?c1422
perseverant?a1425
permanentc1425
perdurable?a1439
continuedc1440
abiding1448
unremoved1455
eternalc1460
long-continued1464
continuing1526
long-enduring1527
enduring1532
immortal1538
diuturn?1541
veterated1547
resiant?1567
stayinga1568
well-wearinga1568
substantive1575
pertinacious1578
extant1581
ceaseless1590
marble1596
of length1597
longeval1598
diuturnal1599
nine-lived1600
chronic1601
unexhausted1602
chronical1604
endurable1607
continuant1610
indeflourishing1610
aged1611
indurant1611
continuatea1616
perennious1628
seculara1631
undiscontinueda1631
continuated1632
untransitory1632
long-spun1633
momently1641
stative1643
outliving1645
constant1653
long-descended1660
voluminousa1661
perduring1664
perdurant1671
livelong1673
perennial1676
longeve1678
consequential1681
unquenched1703
lifelong1746
momentary1755
inveterate1780
stabile1797
persistent1826
unpassing1831
all-time1846
year-long1846
teak-built1847
lengthful1855
long-term1867
long haul1873
sticky1879
week-to-week1879
perenduring1883
long-range1885
longish1889
long-time1902
long run1904
long-life1915
the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > too long or tedious
overlonga1400
prolixc1425
prolixious1599
tediousa1616
expensive1628
lifelong1746
overlength1941
1746 Bull-finch 152 Young Damon sighs, and pines away, In Secret makes his Moan; Of Marcia thinks the life-long Day.
1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances I. lxii. 107 I wished for you..in vain all Night, the life-long Night.
1766 H. Meen Happiness 5 Can I who labor out the life-long day For trivial gain be happy?
1814 R. Southey Roderick xvi. 240 A life-long night Seel'd his broad eye.
1845 Mirror 7 495/1 Did the Abbot Erro To the forest go; And in pious musings, Through the life-long day, 'Midst the trackless woodlands, Lost his way for aye.
1907 Eng. Illustrated. Mag. Nov. 128/1 It sat there, through the life-long day, without any motion or sound, listening to what all the other birds had to say.
B. adv.
During the whole length of life.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > [adverb] > in one's life
all my (his, etc.) lifeOE
lifelong1868
in (all) one's (born) puff1872
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. ii. 86 He owned some usufruct, had moneys' use Lifelong.
1929 E. Bowen Last September vii. 86 Was she..to crawl round lifelong inside some quality?
2001 Oxoniensia 65 111 As a gentleman-commoner at Christ Church, he [sc. John Ruskin] established a network of academic connections and friendships which lasted lifelong.

Compounds

lifelong learning n. a form of or approach to education which promotes the continuation of learning throughout adult life, esp. by making educational material and instruction available through libraries, colleges, or information technology.
ΚΠ
1930 Frederick (Maryland) Post 9 Apr. 5/1 Emmitsburg Lifelong Learning Center.
1941 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 12 17 In every junior-college district are thousands of persons..who feel the urge for lifelong learning, and who would eagerly avail themselves of the opportunities of a community college.
1988 H. R. Moody Abundance of Life iii. 47 Older worker retraining, self-help and production for use, and new uses of telecommunications technology for lifelong learning are only a few of the areas where policy interventions could make a difference.
2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 Feb. iv. 11/1 For starters, we're going to have to get serious about some of the things we just gab about—job training, life-long learning, wage insurance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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