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longevity

/lon-jev-i-tee, lawn-/US // lɒnˈdʒɛv ɪ ti, lɔn- //UK // (lɒnˈdʒɛvɪtɪ) //

寿命,寿命长,长寿,寿命长短

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a long individual life; great duration of individual life: Our family is known for its longevity.
    • : the length or duration of life: research in human longevity.
    • : length of service, tenure, etc.; seniority: promotions based on longevity.

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Examples

  • Paid media’s longevity problem makes it difficult for startups and smaller, newer businesses to maintain long term.

  • Yet after only a few genetic studies of longevity, a trend quickly emerged.

  • The key to human longevity, they say, lies in the genes of centenarians.

  • The research reveals insights into not only the creature’s evolutionary relationship with other living reptiles but also into tuatara longevity and their ability to withstand cool weather, researchers report August 5 in Nature.

  • Converging technologies will soon enable extraordinary strides in longevity and disease prevention, with companies like Insilico leading the charge.

  • Age is one of many factors, but it will play a larger role in the conversation as Baby Boomers retire and longevity is extended.

  • The doctors seeking a longevity cure for humans should study The Simpsons, and it continues to be this big, international hit.

  • I tell them: If you want longevity in this profession you must do theater, because theater audiences are the most loyal.

  • In order to be elusive and to have longevity, the oppressor has learned to kill MEN while their bodies remain alive.

  • Have they contributed to the longevity of my own union with my beloved husband (of 26 years and seven months)?

  • Many of them live as long as men who attain to the greatest longevity, some even to the protracted age of two hundred years.

  • I think there are many who would forfeit longevity rather than partake of it.

  • The longevity of abuses is among the most instructive lessons of history.

  • The bamboo and the plum are designs symbolical of longevity.

  • He was a remarkable man in many respects, and in none more than relates to his extreme longevity.