autobiography

英 [ˌɔːtəbaɪˈɒɡrəfi]

美 [ˌɔːtəbaɪˈɑːɡrəfi]

n. 自传; 自传体写作

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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

自传；自传体写作
the story of a person's life, written by that person; this type of writing

N-COUNT 自传
Yourautobiographyis an account of your life, which you write yourself.
1. He published his autobiography last autumn.
  他去年秋天出版了自己的自传。

noun

Her autobiography gave me an insight into the way government actually works.
她的自传使我领悟到政府的实际运作方式。
His life story is recounted in two fascinating volumes of autobiography.
这两卷引人入胜的自传小说详述了他的生平。
She lays bare her three unhappy marriages in her autobiography.
她在自传中毫不掩饰地谈到三次失败的婚姻。
She could threaten to play her trump card, an autobiography of embarrassing disclosures.
她可能会威胁要拿出她的杀手锏：出自传来爆料糗事。
His father's death is poignantly described in his autobiography.
他在自传里哀婉感人地描写了父亲的死。
This would lead one to expect a fat, dense and detailed autobiography. The reverse is true. The book is short and spare.
这会让人以为是一本内容晦涩而详尽的大部头自传。但正好相反，这本书简短明了。
His autobiography was written late in life
他的自传写于晚年。
She has published an autobiography and several collections of writings.
陈女士出版过一部自传和几本作品选集；
He described his book not as an autobiography but as a story about a life that resembled his own.
他表示，自己的书不是自传，而是与自己类似的一个人的人生故事。
So what we have is this marketing juggernaut getting interested in Wright's autobiography.
所以我们知道了这股强大营销的力量看中了莱特的自传，于是他们要了这本书。