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

Finally I have published a book, my very own biography!
我出书了，一本有关于我自己的书！
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。
I watched his biography on the biography channel.
我在传记频道看了他的自传。
It is, in its way, a maddening biography.
客观来说，这部传记很是令人气愤。
I have been asked to write a biography of dytan thomas.
有人请我写一部迪伦托马斯的传记。
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。
Reading Einstein's biography expanded my mind as I began to understand the Theory of Relativity.
读爱因斯坦传拓展了我的思维，使我逐渐理解了相对论。
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。
I love reading history and especially biography.
我喜欢读历史，尤其是传记。
Your biography is almost a required course.
你的自传几乎变成了必修课了。