プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
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