Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #5647
biography
传记
核心释义
The story of a person's life, especially one that is published.
- 1.
尤指已出版的某人生平
A person's life story, especially one published.
- 2.
描述一个人生活事件的记录
an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- 3.
撰写传记的艺术
The art of writing this kind of story.
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
用法In use
She read a biography of the famous scientist before the exam.
用法提示：此处“biography”作名词，意为“传记”，指关于某人一生的书面记录。
His biography covers his early life in great detail.
用法提示：此处“biography”作名词，指某人一生的文字记述，作主语。
I am writing a biography about my grandfather for a school project.
用法提示：此处“biography”作名词，意为“传记”，作宾语，指书写的对象。
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]
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
Bio（生命） + graphy（书写）= 传记。
语境与语域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。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，与不定冠词或数词连用，有复数形式 biographies。
发音与拼写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.
用法优先级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。
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