| 单词 | biography |
| 释义 | biography (once / 315 pages) n A biography is an account of somebody's life written by somebody else, complete with details of the most important parts. These days, anyone, of any age, can be the subject of a biography: Justin Bieber, at the tender age of 17, had one written about his life. A biography is not to be confused with an autobiography, an account of someone's life written by the subject himself. You'll find biographies in printed form (remember books?), but also increasingly in the form of e-books, TV dramatizations, and cinematic "bio-docs." WORD FAMILYbiography: biographer, biographical, biographies+/biographer: biographers USAGE EXAMPLESShe was a major scholar of Thomas Jefferson and wrote a brief biography of him, published in 2003. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) In “20th Century Women,” the five main characters periodically narrate their own and one another’s biographies. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Her first book was a biography of his wife, Ruth Graham. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n an account of the series of events making up a person's life Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper life, life history, life story Parallel Lives a collection of biographies of famous pairs of Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch; used by Shakespeare in writing some of his plays autobiography a biography of yourself hagiographya biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint) profilebiographical sketch memoiran account of the author's personal experiences account, chronicle, history, story a record or narrative description of past events |
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