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单词 bucket list
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Definition of bucket list in English:

bucket list

noun
informal
  • A number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime.

    making this trip is the first thing on my bucket list
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You think to yourself, if you had two weeks to live - you'd have a bucket list of things to do.
    • Do you have a "bucket list"?
    • I forgot to mention that this walk was number one on our bucket list which we started constructing a few weeks ago.
    • As a frequent traveller, who clocks up more mileage in a year than an Olympic long-distance runner in training, one of the things which is permanently on my bucket list, especially for long-haul travel, is a first-class seat.
    • Mary inspired me to make a bucket list tomorrow, too - a bunch of random things I want to do in the future that I probably will do.
    • Going to Japan for more than a tourist visit has been on my bucket list ever since I visited Japan in 2001 whilst on a jazz band trip.
    • Here's something for your bucket list.
    • Sure, unicycle purists will scoff, but now you can finally check "ride a unicycle" off your bucket list without wasting any time learning how to actually ride one.
    • Apparently for a spell, bucket lists were the new black in Hollywood.
    • Is there a character or a person who is on your bucket list that you want to play?
    • As a result, President Bush was able to cross off the 10th and final item on his administration's bucket list.
    • As I march through the travel bucket list, I always worry that I could become world-weary, feeling like I have seen it all and stop being surprised, shocked or moved by anything.
    • Rock starts with his observations on the 2008 presidential campaign, remarking of McCain that he doesn't "want a president with a bucket list."
    • He and his brother were constructing a summer bucket list, to get them out and about, trying new things.
    • I created my bucket list, more importantly, implementing it.

Origin

Early 21st century: from the phrase kick the bucket ‘die’ (see kick1), popularized by the 2007 film The Bucket List.

 
 

Definition of bucket list in US English:

bucket list

noun
informal
  • A number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime.

    making this trip is the first thing on my bucket list
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Apparently for a spell, bucket lists were the new black in Hollywood.
    • Do you have a "bucket list"?
    • I created my bucket list, more importantly, implementing it.
    • Is there a character or a person who is on your bucket list that you want to play?
    • He and his brother were constructing a summer bucket list, to get them out and about, trying new things.
    • Here's something for your bucket list.
    • As I march through the travel bucket list, I always worry that I could become world-weary, feeling like I have seen it all and stop being surprised, shocked or moved by anything.
    • You think to yourself, if you had two weeks to live - you'd have a bucket list of things to do.
    • As a frequent traveller, who clocks up more mileage in a year than an Olympic long-distance runner in training, one of the things which is permanently on my bucket list, especially for long-haul travel, is a first-class seat.
    • Going to Japan for more than a tourist visit has been on my bucket list ever since I visited Japan in 2001 whilst on a jazz band trip.
    • As a result, President Bush was able to cross off the 10th and final item on his administration's bucket list.
    • Mary inspired me to make a bucket list tomorrow, too - a bunch of random things I want to do in the future that I probably will do.
    • Sure, unicycle purists will scoff, but now you can finally check "ride a unicycle" off your bucket list without wasting any time learning how to actually ride one.
    • Rock starts with his observations on the 2008 presidential campaign, remarking of McCain that he doesn't "want a president with a bucket list."
    • I forgot to mention that this walk was number one on our bucket list which we started constructing a few weeks ago.

Origin

Early 21st century from the phrase kick the bucket ‘die’ (see kick), popularized by the 2007 film The Bucket List.

 
 
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