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
Do I have any appointments?
我有什么约会么？
A little is better than none.
聊胜于无。
and that if only the common peoples of the would could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the hattlefield.
还说各国民众若在足球场或板球场上交锋，就不愿在战场上残杀的时候，我总是惊愕不已。