Word · Frequency #5647
biographies
传记
biographies is the plural of biography.
The story of a person's life, especially one that is published.
- 1.
A person's life story, especially one published.
尤指已出版的某人生平
- 2.
an account of the series of events making up a person's life
描述一个人生活事件的记录
- 3.
The art of writing this kind of story.
撰写传记的艺术
传记写作；尤指已出版的某人生平；描述一个人生活事件的记录；撰写传记的艺术
In use
She read a biography of the famous scientist before the exam.
His biography covers his early life in great detail.
I am writing a biography about my grandfather for a school project.
a biography of [someone]
He wrote a biography of his grandfather.
他写了一本关于他祖父的传记。
biography of [someone] by [author]
I read a biography of Lincoln by Carl Sandburg.
我读了卡尔·桑德堡写的林肯传记。
write a biography
She decided to write a biography.
Connections
Collocations
- write a biography
- 写传记
- She decided to write a biography of her grandmother.她决定写一本关于祖母的传记。
- biography of
- …的传记
- He published a biography of the famous scientist.他出版了一本这位著名科学家的传记。
- authorized biography
- 授权传记
- The singer's authorized biography was released last month.这位歌手的授权传记上个月发行了。
- critical biography
- 批评性传记
- The scholar is working on a critical biography of the poet.这位学者正在撰写一部关于该诗人的批评性传记。
- short biography
- 简介
- The book includes a short biography of each author.这本书包含每位作者的简介。
- biography section
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Bio（生命） + graphy（书写）= 传记。
Context & Register
中性词，通常用于正式、学术或文学语境，也可用于日常对话。
Grammar Note
可数名词，与不定冠词或数词连用，有复数形式 biographies。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like geography, photography, autobiography, demography, cartography rhyme with biography (stressed /ɒ/ followed by /ɡrəfi/). However, calligraphy ends with the same -graphy spelling but has a different stressed vowel /ɪ/, so it does not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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