英和和英

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名詞

A life; a career; one's days:（=の） lifelong

用例

• （いかなる）生涯を送る
  to lead a life―live a life―run a race

• 忙しい生涯を送る
  to lead a busy life―live a busy life
• 奮闘的生涯を送る
  to live a strenuous life―fight one's way through the world
• 彼は塵の世を離れて清き生涯を送っている
  Aloof from the madding crowd, he runs his godly race.
• 新生涯を送る
  to lead a new life
• 新生涯を始める
  to begin life anew
• 浮沈多き生涯
  a chequered career
• 生涯を終る
  to end one's days―close one's days
• 彼は海外で生涯を終った
  He ended his days abroad.
• 悪筆は生涯の損だ
  A bad handwriting is a lifelong curse.
• あなたがうんと言って下されば私の生涯の幸福です
  Your consent would insure me a lifelong happiness.
• 英語研究は私の生涯の事業です
  The study of English is my life-work.

副詞

All one's life; all one's life through; through life; throughout the whole course of one's life; as long as one lives; the longest day one has to live; all the days of one's life

用例

• 彼は生涯独身で通した
  He remained a bachelor all his life―continued single through life―lived and died a bachelor―（女なら）―She lived and died a virgin.

• 彼は生涯非常な勉強家であった
  He worked like a steam-engine throughout the whole course of his life.
• このご恩は生涯忘れません
  I shall remember your kindness as long as I live―the longest day I have to live.
• お前を生涯養ってやる
  I will support you all your life―all the days of your life.
• この秘密を生涯漏らさぬ
  I will carry the secret to the grave.