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

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。
This new biography is the first to consider fully the writer's gestalt.
以这部新传记是第一部充分考虑作家完形的书。
He wrote a biography of the Russian writer Tolstoy.
他写了一部俄国作家托尔斯泰的传记。
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。
I have read a biography of Abraham lincoln.
我读过一部亚伯拉罕林肯的传记。
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。
He's thinking about writing a biography.
他正考虑写一本传记。
Autobiography is often less truthful than biography.
自传往往不如传记来得真实。
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。
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。