| 单词 | lifelong |
| 释义 | lifelong (once / 1881 pages) adj Something lifelong lasts your entire life, or for most of it. A lifelong friendship might have begun in kindergarten, and it continues today. You can describe your grandfather as a lifelong Republican if he's voted for the Republican candidate in every election all through his life. You could also say you have a lifelong hatred of green vegetables if you've refused broccoli and spinach since you first ate solid food. The word lifelong, meaning "continuing for a lifetime," was coined in the nineteenth century. WORD FAMILYlifelong USAGE EXAMPLESBerger was a lifelong Marxist, a vehement critic of capitalism. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) During a spell living in London during the 1960s, he met Mr Major, who became a lifelong friend. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Farah was brought back to Virginia to await his new sentence, but it remains unclear where he will serve his lifelong imprisonment. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) adj continuing through life a lifelong friend from lifelong habit his lifelong study of Greek art Syn womb-to-tomb long primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified |
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