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

• They gave up their regular jobs and high salaries, and started a new way of life.
  他们放弃了稳定的工作和高昂的薪水，开始了一种新的生活方式。
• 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。
• 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。
• This way of life can lead only to self-destruction and emotional emptiness.
  这种生活方式只会导致自我毁灭和情绪空虚。
• 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。
• They refuse to give up their own customs and way of life.
  他们拒绝放弃他们自己的习俗和生活方式。
• This move to the American southwest influenced his way of life and thought.
  这次向美国西南的迁移，的确影响了他的生活方式和思想方式。
• I have many hobbies. I love reading most. Reading has become a way of life for me.
  我爱好挺多，最大的爱好是读书，读书已成为我的一种生活方式。
• 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。
• Foreign countries have a different way of life from ours.
  外国的生活方式和我们的不同。