biography

英 [baɪˈɒɡrəfi]

美 [baɪˈɑːɡrəfi]

n. 传记; 传记作品

复数：biographies　

Collins.2 / BNC.5647 / COCA.4875

同义词辨析

biographyn. 传记，传记作品

〔辨析〕

指记录某人人生经历的作品，一般由他人撰写。

〔例证〕

This biography was written by a famous author.
该传记出自一位著名作家之手。
It is an authoritative biography.
这是一本很权威的传记。

〔辨析〕

指某人撰写的记录其人生经历的作品。

〔例证〕

He began to write an autobiography when he retired.
他退休以后开始写自传了。

life storyn. 传记，生平故事

〔辨析〕

普通用词，指讲述某人生平的口头或书面故事。

〔例证〕

The young girl insisted on listening to the life story of her grandmother.
那个年轻的女孩坚持要听祖母一生的经历。

noun

传记；传记作品
the story of a person's life written by sb else; this type of writing
1. Boswell's biography of Johnson
  博斯韦尔写的约翰逊传

（人物）传记
Abiographyof someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
N-UNCOUNT 传记（文学体裁）
Biographyis the branch of literature which deals with accounts of people's lives.
1. ...a volume of biography and criticism.
  一册传记和评论文章

noun

an account of the series of events making up a person's life
Synonym:lifelife storylife history

It is not an unsympathetic biography, but Sir Edward has taken against it.
这本传记并不惹人厌，可爱德华爵士不喜欢它。
He wrote a biography of the Russian writer Tolstoy.
他写了一部俄国作家托尔斯泰的传记。
The biography convinces me that he is a hero.
传记使我确信他是一个英雄。
I was asked to write a biography and initially I said no because I thought I was too young.
那时有人请我写一本自传，我马上拒绝了，因为我认为我太年轻了。
This new biography handles his suicide with much more sensitivity and sympathy than previous books about him.
这本新传记对他自杀的探讨，比以往有关的书更细腻和富有同情心。
Last year I completed a biography of my father, and I am very pleased I did so.
去年，我完成了我父亲的传记，我很高兴我做了。
The reviewer padded out his review with a lengthy biography of the author
评论者在他的评论中添加了冗长的作者生平以拉长篇幅。
Your biography is almost a required course.
你的自传几乎变成了必修课了。
Finally I have published a book, my very own biography!
我出书了，一本有关于我自己的书！
She has a secret biography that describes this.
她有个秘密传记讲述这些。