Phrase
life history
生平；个人经历
A person's background or the events and activities of their life.
- 1.
An investigation into the details and activities of a person over the course of their lifetime; one’s background.
对一个人一生中的细节和活动的调查；某人的背景。
- 2.
Information concerning a person’s diseases and medical disorders suffered during his or her lifetime; especially useful if the disorders are genetic.
关于个人一生所患疾病和医学障碍的信息,尤其针对遗传性疾病
- 3.
The set of stages that an organism, or a species, experiences over its lifetime, from conception to death.
一个生物体或物种从受孕到死亡所经历的生命阶段的总和。
病史；患病史；生活史；对一个人一生中的细节和活动的调查；某人的背景。；关于个人一生所患疾病和医学障碍的信息,尤其针对遗传性疾病；一个生物体或物种从受孕到死亡所经历的生命阶段的总和。
In use
The biologist studied the life history of the butterfly.
She wrote a book about her life history and travels.
Understanding a patient's life history helps doctors make better diagnoses.
life history of [noun phrase]
用于描述物种或个体的生活史。
The book examines the life history of the monarch butterfly.
这本书研究了帝王蝶的生活史。
[possessive determiner] life history
用于谈论个人的生活经历。
His life history includes several moves across the country.
他的生活经历包括多次跨国搬迁。
record / study / detail [determiner] life history
通常与记录、研究等动词搭配。
Connections
Confusing words
- life story
- 生活故事 · life history 侧重科学或学术角度（如生物学的生活史）或个人经历的事实记录，life story 更侧重个人叙述中的故事性和情感。
- biography
- 传记 · life history 指个人或生物的生活经历，常为客观记录；biography 为正式出版的传记，通常由他人撰写。
Word family
- life cycle
- 生命周期；生活史 · n.
- life span
- 寿命 · n.
- life story
- 人生故事；生平 · n.
- family history
- 家族史；家庭病史 · n.
Learner notes
Grammar Note
常作可数名词，指个体或物种的生活经历或发展史。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.