way of life

英 [weɪ ɒv laɪf]

美 [weɪ əv laɪf]

n.  典型行为模式;特有生活方式; 生活的一部分

Collins.2

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 典型行为模式;特有生活方式
  Away of lifeis the behaviour and habits that are typical of a particular person or group, or that are chosen by them.
  1. Mining activities have totally disrupted the traditional way of life of the Yanomami Indians.
     采矿已经彻底扰乱了扬诺马米印第安人传统的生活方式。
• N-COUNT 生活的一部分
  If you describe a particular activity asa way of lifefor someone, you mean that it has become a very important and regular thing in their life, rather than something they do or experience occasionally.
  1. She likes it so much it's become a way of life for her.
     她太喜欢它了，它已经成为了她生活的一部分。
  2. ...cities where violence is a way of life.
     暴力随处可见的城市

英英释义

noun

• a course of conduct
  1. the path of virtue
  2. we went our separate ways
  3. our paths in life led us apart
  4. genius usually follows a revolutionary path
  Synonym:waypath

双语例句

• Design is a way of life; it's all around us.
  设计是一种生活方式，它就在我们身边。
• For its performers, it is pure artistic expression and a way of life.
  为其执行者，这是纯净的艺术性的表达式和生活方式。
• Feeling uncomfortable in a strange country or place because of the different habits and way of life.
  在一个陌生的国家或地方由于不同的生活习惯和生活方式产生的不舒服的感觉。
• He has turned his back on his past way of life.
  他脱离了过去的生活方式。
• God is my passion and my way of life.
  上帝是我生活的热情和方向。
• If you study a culture group's way of life you are studying its culture.
  当在研究学习一个文化群体的生活方式时，你是在学习其文化。
• My way of life was a frenzy then, and I loved it.
  我那时的生活有一点疯狂，但我爱极了这种方式。
• The fact that she had become wealthy did not tempt her to alter her frugal way of life.
  她有钱了，可这丝毫没能让她改变节俭的生活习惯。
• His way of life conforms to his income.
  他的生活方式与他的收入是相符的。
• This is certainly a change in way of life.
  这当然是一个变化的生活方式。