英语词汇“a life of its own”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. colloquial. a life of its own: (with reference to an inanimate object, abstract quality, emotion, etc.) a vitality, force, or motion which seems to function independently of any human intervention; a separate existence or history. Frequently in to have (also take on) a life of its own; cf. to have a mind of one's own at mind n.¹ 17f.

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1659 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Fifth Bk. Authour i. iii. 20 Each source or quality, brought its own Tincture along with it, as a peculiar Life of its own [Ger. als ein eigen Leben].

1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit iv. viii. 478 Sin in our depraved Nature, having a constant, powerful inclination, and working Actually towards all evil; it is said Metaphorically to Live, or to have a Life of its own.

1820 J. Hogg Winter Evening Tales II. 212 Each hair had a life of its own!

1882 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 3 195 The Greek infinitive has a life of its own.

1944 ‘Palinurus’ Unquiet Grave ii. 43 When sexual emotion increases,..something starts growing which possesses a life of its own.

1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 145 Every Trend has a life of its own, and Egonomics is in its prime.

2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Feb. ii. 9/1 The so-called ‘German wheel’..is another instance of a prop that takes on a life of its own.

单词	a life of its own
释义	> as lemmas a life of its own c. colloquial. a life of its own: (with reference to an inanimate object, abstract quality, emotion, etc.) a vitality, force, or motion which seems to function independently of any human intervention; a separate existence or history. Frequently in to have (also take on) a life of its own; cf. to have a mind of one's own at mind n.¹ 17f. ΚΠ 1659 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Fifth Bk. Authour i. iii. 20 Each source or quality, brought its own Tincture along with it, as a peculiar Life of its own [Ger. als ein eigen Leben]. 1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit iv. viii. 478 Sin in our depraved Nature, having a constant, powerful inclination, and working Actually towards all evil; it is said Metaphorically to Live, or to have a Life of its own. 1820 J. Hogg Winter Evening Tales II. 212 Each hair had a life of its own! 1882 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 3 195 The Greek infinitive has a life of its own. 1944 ‘Palinurus’ Unquiet Grave ii. 43 When sexual emotion increases,..something starts growing which possesses a life of its own. 1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 145 Every Trend has a life of its own, and Egonomics is in its prime. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Feb. ii. 9/1 The so-called ‘German wheel’..is another instance of a prop that takes on a life of its own. extracted from lifen. < as lemmas
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