life expectancy

英 [ˈlaɪf ɪkspektənsi]

美 [ˈlaɪf ɪkspektənsi]

n.  预期寿命; 预计存在(或持续)的期限

计算机化学

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牛津词典

noun

• 预期寿命；预计存在（或持续）的期限
  the number of years that a person is likely to live; the length of time that sth is likely to exist or continue for

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 预期寿命；平均（期望）寿命
  Thelife expectancyof a person, animal, or plant is the length of time that they are normally likely to live.
  1. The average life expectancy was 40...
     平均期望寿命曾是40岁。
  2. They had longer life expectancies than their parents.
     他们比上一辈人的预期寿命要长。

英英释义

noun

• an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities

双语例句

• In2007 the average life expectancy at birth was78 years.
  2007年，初生婴儿平均预期寿命为78岁，这种进步已经持续数十年。
• The average life expectancy was 40
  平均期望寿命曾是40岁。
• Consider formally linking retirement ages to life expectancy, as in Denmark and Italy, it argues.
  考虑正式将退休年龄与预期寿命联系起来，就像丹麦和意大利那样。
• Americans 'life expectancy has nearly doubled over the past century.
  美国人的寿命在过去的一百年中翻了一倍。
• The European Happy Planet Index used carbon efficiency, life satisfaction and life expectancy to rate the countries.
  此项“欧洲快乐星球指数”主要是综合碳效率、人民的生活满意度及预期寿命三个指标对这些国家进行评分。
• Average life expectancy went down from about 70 to 67.
  平均预期寿命从70岁左右降到了67岁。
• In developed countries today life expectancy at birth is about 80 years.
  在发达国家，现在出生的人预期寿命约为80岁。
• It is the underlying cause of reduced life expectancy, handicap, disability and starvation.
  这也是导致平均寿命缩短，残废，残疾和饥饿的根本原因。
• However, there is evidence that medical and surgical intervention can increase life expectancy and improve quality of life.
  然而，有证据表明内科和外科的治疗干预能延长病人的生命和改善病人的生活质量。
• This is rare and usually only suggested for patients with a life expectancy of less than two years.
  这是罕见的，通常只建议患者的预期寿命不到两年的时间。