英语词汇“life is too short”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. life is too short: there is not time (for something or to do something); time is too precious (typically used to indicate that the speaker feels there are better uses of one's time).Also in various aphorisms, as life is too short to hold grudges, life is too short to stuff a mushroom, etc.

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a1628 F. Greville Alaham iii. iv, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 50 Nutrix. Canst thou doe worse? Hala. Else to my selfe I sinne Life is too short.

1686 F. Fane Sacrifice iii. i. 37 For life's too short for Pleasure.

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. v. 80 Life is too short, and Time is too precious, to read every new Book quite over in order to find that it is not worth the reading.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 185 Life is too short to be long about the forms of it.

1832 Athenæum 26 May 341/1 One of them advised our worthy host..to visit that theatre. ‘I would with pleasure,’ said he, ‘but life's too short.’

1853 Littell's Living Age June 738/2 Gad, sir, life's too short for that sort of humbug.

1873 Advocate of Peace Apr. 32/1 Life is too short to be frowned away.

1908 Internat. Molders' Jrnl. Mar. 191/2 ‘Life is too short’ to hold ‘grudges’.

1961 P. White Riders in Chariot viii. 232 Only the civil servants are Roman Catholics here... Arch and me are Methoes, except we don't go; life is too short.

1975 S. Conran Superwoman 100/2 Make it clear you are no longer the enterprising cook that once you were when newly wed and showing off. Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

2007 Independent 11 Dec. 18/2 Have a go at everything. Try everything once, and if you like it, try it again. Don't be afraid of newness—life's too short.

单词	life is too short
释义	> as lemmas life is too short d. life is too short: there is not time (for something or to do something); time is too precious (typically used to indicate that the speaker feels there are better uses of one's time).Also in various aphorisms, as life is too short to hold grudges, life is too short to stuff a mushroom, etc. ΚΠ a1628 F. Greville Alaham iii. iv, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 50 Nutrix. Canst thou doe worse? Hala. Else to my selfe I sinne Life is too short. 1686 F. Fane Sacrifice iii. i. 37 For life's too short for Pleasure. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. v. 80 Life is too short, and Time is too precious, to read every new Book quite over in order to find that it is not worth the reading. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 185 Life is too short to be long about the forms of it. 1832 Athenæum 26 May 341/1 One of them advised our worthy host..to visit that theatre. ‘I would with pleasure,’ said he, ‘but life's too short.’ 1853 Littell's Living Age June 738/2 Gad, sir, life's too short for that sort of humbug. 1873 Advocate of Peace Apr. 32/1 Life is too short to be frowned away. 1908 Internat. Molders' Jrnl. Mar. 191/2 ‘Life is too short’ to hold ‘grudges’. 1961 P. White Riders in Chariot viii. 232 Only the civil servants are Roman Catholics here... Arch and me are Methoes, except we don't go; life is too short. 1975 S. Conran Superwoman 100/2 Make it clear you are no longer the enterprising cook that once you were when newly wed and showing off. Life is too short to stuff a mushroom. 2007 Independent 11 Dec. 18/2 Have a go at everything. Try everything once, and if you like it, try it again. Don't be afraid of newness—life's too short. extracted from lifen. < as lemmas
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