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slice-of-life

/slahys-uhv-lahyf/US // ˈslaɪs əvˈlaɪf //

生活片断,生活片段,生活小品,生活片斷

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or being a naturalistic, unembellished representation of real life: a play with slice-of-life dialogue.

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.

  • 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.

  • Woman is mistress of the art of completely embittering the life of the person on whom she depends.