lifespan
She was given the award for a lifetime of public service.她一生为公众服务，因此获得奖励。
In the past, the majority of women were consigned to a lifetime of servitude and poverty.过去，大多数的女性一生含辛茹苦，一贫如洗。
It's very difficult to shake the habit of a lifetime.终身养成的习惯是很难改掉的。
We will not see a cure for cancer in my lifetime.
He was worn out by a lifetime of hard work.

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Periods of time - general words

lifetime | American Dictionary

lifetime
noun[ U ]
us/ˈlɑɪfˌtɑɪm/
the period of time during which someone lives or something exists:
The watch is high quality and should last a lifetime.

Examples of lifetime

lifetime
The cost of population screening and treatment would not be recovered in reduced dyspepsia costs in the lifetime of those screened.
Subjects were asked to report ' worst lifetime ' symptoms.
In section 6 we discuss a possible refinement of the analysis which provides lifetime information for variables.
The 70-year old pensioner has to accept substantial probabilities of capital exhaustion within his lifetime relying on an insurance equivalent fund solution.
Reversionary grants provided economic security during a woman's lifetime at minimal expense to her male relatives.
In spite of not formally owning the land, crown tenants enjoyed a lifetime right of occupation and the possibility to choose a successor.
In particular, the elderly may be hurt as their remaining lifetime is short and their capacity to absorb risk is small.
In contrast, we focus on the expenditure side of the lifetime budget of the elderly.
These workers have few workplace protections and the option of returning to public assistance is unavailable if they have exhausted their lifetime cap.
When the trust fund exhausts and benefit cuts are required, lifetime benefits fall beginning with the 1970s birth cohort.
The possibility that there may be biological factors or differential lifetime exposures that account for the difference between the racial\\ethnic groups merits further investigation.
The possibility that there may be biologic factors or differential lifetime exposures that account for the difference between the racial\\ethnic groups merits further investigation.
Demographic differences were adjusted and subsequent analyses were additionally adjusted for any lifetime depressive and anxiety disorders and lifetime alcohol and substance dependence.
Lifetime: how long will the pattern be useful for?
Beneficiaries at the bottom of the distribution see very little difference in lifetime benefits between the three proposals.
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Collocations withlifetime

lifetime

These are words often used in combination with lifetime.

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atmospheric lifetime
Nevertheless, their potential for global warming is considerable, because many of them have a long atmospheric lifetime (up to fifteen years).
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
carrier lifetime
Carrier lifetime plays an important role in bipolar transistors and solar cells.
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