Life expectancy
[ ['laif ik'spektənsi] ]
其它 Other
[计] 估计寿命, 预期使用寿命\\n[化] 耐用期限
📖 牛津释义
life expectancy
(a) number of years that a person is likely to live, esp as statistically determined for insurance purposes 预期寿命（尤指人寿保险估计）
Women have a higher life expectancy than men. 女人比男人的预期寿命长.
(b) length of time sth is likely to exist or function （某事物的）预期存在的期限
the life expectancy of the average car, the present government 一般汽车使用的、 现政府执政的预期年限.
🧩 词语组成解析
life
[laɪf]
n. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
🗣️ 情景例句
I heard that some tours actually go down into the canyon. Is that true?
我听说有的旅游团真正下到峡谷里去了。那是真的吗？
Whom will you give them to?
你将把它们给谁？
from which can be seen the strata the drill has been cutting through.
从中能看出钻头所钻透的地层。