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

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。
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。
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。
She also wrote a five-part autobiography.
她还出版了一部五卷本的自传体小说。
How is your autobiography shaping up?
你的自传写得如何了？
In his autobiography, Darwin himself speaks of his intellectual powers with extraordinary modesty.
在他的自传里，达尔文非常谦虚的谈到了自己的智力水平。
His autobiography is larded with gossip about famous people.
他的自传夹杂了许多有关名人的闲话。
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。
I published his autobiography, which was very competently ghosted by a woman journalist from the Daily Mail
我出版了《每日邮报》的女记者为他代笔的自传，写得颇具文采。
I have declined many times the request of foreigners that I write my autobiography.
我多次拒绝外国人要我写自传。