lifetime /”laiftaim/ danh từ đời, cả cuộc đời tính từ suốt đờia lifetime job: công việc làm suốt đời đờiactive lifetime (of a satellite): đời sống năng động của vệ tinhactive lifetime (of a satellite): đời sống có ích của vệ tinheffective neutron lifetimethời gian sống nơtron hiệu dụngfluorescence lifetimethời gian sống huỳnh quangfluorescent lifetimekhoảng thời gian phát quangmean lifetimethời gian sống trung bìnhmean lifetimetuổi thọ trung bìnhoperating lifetimechu kỳ bán rãoperating lifetimethời gian sống hoạt độngoperating lifetimethời gian sống làm việcoperating lifetimetuổi thọ vận hànhoperational lifetimekhoảng thời gian vận hành
ADJ. long wisdom gained in the course of a long lifetime | short A lifetime is too short for all the great books there are! | entire, whole
VERB + LIFETIME devote, spend He devoted a lifetime to working with disabled children. | take (sb) It took a whole lifetime to solve the mystery of her father”s disappearance. | last (sb) This watch should last you a lifetime. | seem (like) It seems a lifetime since we first met.
LIFETIME + NOUN achievement The veteran director won a lifetime achievement award. | employment, income Payments are based on expected lifetime income. | lifetime”s experience, lifetime”s work
PREP. after a ~ After a lifetime as a journalist in the troublespots of the world, he retired to the country. | during your ~ I”ve seen many changes during my lifetime. | in your ~ The artist was little known in his lifetime. | of a ~ It was the holiday of a lifetime! | ~ in She spent a lifetime in politics. | ~ of a lifetime of problems
PHRASES the habits of a lifetime It”s hard to break the habits of a lifetime. | half a lifetime, a legend in your own lifetime Herbert von Karajan was a legend in his own lifetime. | a lifetime ago/away University seems a half a lifetime away. | once in a lifetime That sort of thing happens only once in a lifetime.
