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lifeless + noun
lifeless 作定语时，常修饰 body、face、eyes 等名词，表示“无生命的”。
The rescuers found a lifeless body in the rubble.
救援人员在瓦砾中发现了一具没有生命迹象的尸体。
无生命的；已死的
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无生命的；已死的
deprived of life; no longer living
The rescuers found a lifeless body in the rubble.
救援人员在瓦砾中发现了一具没有生命迹象的尸体。
无生命的；没有生命的
inanimate; having no life
失去生命的；不再活着的
deprived of life; no longer living
死的；已失去生命的
dead; having lost life
没有生命或生命体被清除的
destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings
The rescuers carried the lifeless body out of the burning house.
救援人员把那具已无生命的遗体从燃烧的房子里抬了出来。
AI contextual example
After weeks without rain, the garden looked completely lifeless.
几周没有下雨，花园看起来毫无生气。
AI contextual example
The bird lay lifeless on the pavement, its eyes closed.
那只鸟躺在人行道上，已经死了，眼睛紧闭。
AI contextual example
a lifeless body
一具没有生命迹象的尸体。
WordNet
lifeless 作定语时，常修饰 body、face、eyes 等名词，表示“无生命的”。
The rescuers found a lifeless body in the rubble.
救援人员在瓦砾中发现了一具没有生命迹象的尸体。
作表语时，lifeless 可表示“死气沉沉的、无活力的”。
His face looked lifeless after the long illness.
久病之后，他的脸看起来毫无生气。
lie/remain lifeless 是较文学性的表达，强调静止、无生命的状态。
She lay lifeless on the ground.
她躺在地上一动不动，毫无生气。
Not this
He stared lifeless at the screen.
Use this
He stared lifelessly at the screen.
stare 是实义动词，修饰动作需要副词 lifelessly；lifeless 是形容词，只能修饰名词或作表语，不能作状语。
Not this
The party was lifeless and everyone had a great time.
Use this
The party was lively and everyone had a great time.
lifeless 意为“死气沉沉的、无趣味的”，与 had a great time 矛盾；表达“热闹的、充满活力的”要用 lively，二者形近但意义相反。
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无生命迹象的尸体
The divers recovered a lifeless body from the lake.
潜水员从湖中打捞起一具没有生命迹象的尸体。
毫无生气的眼睛
She stared at the photograph with lifeless eyes.
她用毫无生气的眼睛盯着照片。
毫无生气的声音
He answered in a lifeless voice, as if the news had crushed him.
他用毫无生气的声音回答，仿佛这个消息把他压垮了。
干枯无生气的头发
After months of heat styling, her hair looked dry and lifeless.
经过几个月的热造型，她的头发看起来干枯而没有生气。
毫无生气的表演
The lead actor gave a lifeless performance that bored the audience.
主角的表演毫无生气，令观众感到乏味。
没有生命的行星
Scientists still hope to find signs of life on this seemingly lifeless planet.
科学家们仍希望在这颗看似没有生命的行星上找到生命的迹象。
它们却依然留存，印刻在这些无生命的物件上。
This line from Percy Shelley's 1818 poem 'Ozymandias' describes the lifeless ruins of a once-great statue.
这句出自珀西·雪莱1818年的诗作《奥兹曼迪亚斯》，描绘了那座曾经伟大的雕像如今了无生气的废墟。
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联想记忆：life（生命）+ less（没有）= lifeless，没有生命的样子，像枯枝死水，毫无生气。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、news reports、literature lifeless 表示“已死的、无生命的”时语气比较正式，通常多用于书面语或新闻报道；日常口语中更常说 dead。
The stressed syllable of lifeless sounds like life /laɪf/. 'lifelong' and 'lifetime' share that /laɪf/ sound and the spelling 'life'. 'careless', 'hopeless', and 'endless' share the unstressed suffix /ləs/ and the spelling '-less', but because their stressed vowels differ, they do not rhyme with 'lifeless'.
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