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

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。
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。
Boswell wrote a famous biography of Dr Johnson.
博斯韦尔写了一本著名的约翰逊博士传记。
I bought Yuefei's Complete Biography in the bookstall.
我在书摊儿上买了一本《岳飞全传》。
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 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。
In this authorised biography, Alexander Maitland adds a little colour to the picture, but no important details.
在威福瑞授权出版的这本传记中，亚历山大梅特兰也就此添油加醋说了一通，不过没什么引人注目的详。
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。
It's a divided biography, in other words.
换句话说，这是一个分裂的传记。
He has written a speculative biography of Christopher Marlowe.
他写了一篇关于克里斯托弗·马洛的推测性传记。