生涯

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

しょうがい【生涯】

❶〔一生〕a life, one's lifetime；〔職業上の〕a career

公的な生涯
(one's) public life／(one's) career

生涯の事業
one's lifework

生涯の友
a lifelong friend

彼は生涯に小説を20冊書いた
He wrote twenty novels in his lifetime.

幸福な生涯を送った
He lived a happy life.

がんの研究に生涯をささげる
devote one's life to cancer research

医者としての生涯を送る
follow a career as a doctor

彼はこの町で生涯を閉じた
He died in this town.

❷〔一生ずっと〕

これは生涯忘れられない経験だ
This is an experience I shall remember 「all my life [as long as I live/for the rest of my life].

彼は生涯貧乏だった
He was poor throughout [to the end of] his life.

生涯名誉市民の称号を与えられた
He was given the title of honorary citizen for life.

生涯学習

lifelong study

生涯教育

lifelong [continuing] education

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