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larger-than-life

/lahr-jer-thuhn-lahyf/US // ˈlɑr dʒər ðənˈlaɪf //

栩栩如生,栩栩如生的,栩栩如生的人,生机勃勃

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : exceedingly imposing, impressive, or memorable, especially in appearance or forcefulness: a larger-than-life leader.

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Examples

  • His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.

  • It was also an attack on our freedom of expression and way of life.

  • I always wanted my life to be that way, and it became that way.

  • I liked it because it was like my life coming back together.

  • When the father arrived at the hospital, he was told that Andrew Dossi was in surgery, but the wounds were not life-threatening.

  • Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.

  • Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.

  • Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.

  • We shall recover again some or all of the steadfastness and dignity of the old religious life.

  • It is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.