lifelong

lifelong — adjective

1. existing, continuing, or remaining important across someone's entire life, from

1.形容詞B2
釋義

existing, continuing, or remaining important across someone's entire life, from beginning to end

例句

Sumin considered her lifelong friendship with Rodrigo one of her greatest treasures.

collocation: lifelong friendship

Shirin's lifelong dream of visiting Japan finally came true last spring.

collocation: lifelong dream

同義詞
  • permanent

    stronger than lifelong — implies never-ending rather than life-bound; permanent job lasts indefinitely, lifelong job lasts till retirement

  • enduring

    focuses on lasting through difficulties; lifelong simply covers the full span of life

  • lifetime

    used attributively like lifelong (a lifetime achievement), but as a noun it can follow a determiner (a lifetime of work)

反義詞
  • temporary

    lasting only a short time; the opposite of a commitment that lasts a lifetime

  • brief

    very short duration; a brief friendship contrasts sharply with a lifelong one

文法句型

lifelong + noun

用法筆記

Only used attributively before a noun (lifelong dream, not *the dream is lifelong). For predicative use, rephrase with lasts a lifetime or continues for life.

常見錯誤

❌I have been learning English lifelong.
✅I have been a lifelong learner of English.
💡lifelong is an adjective that must go before a noun; use all my life or my whole life as an adverb instead.