lifestyle
noun[C]
uk/ˈlaɪf.staɪl/us/ˈlaɪf.staɪl/B2
someone's way ofliving; the things that apersonorparticulargroupofpeopleusually do:
生活方式He doesn't have a veryhealthylifestyle.他的生活方式不太健康。
Sheneedsaprettyhighincometosupporther lifestyle.她需要相当高的收入来维持她的生活方式。
analternativelifestyle另一种生活方式
offensiveold-fashioned
thefactof not beingheterosexual(=sexuallyorromanticallyattractedto women if you are a man, and men if you are a woman)orcisgender(= having agenderthatmatchesthebodyyou werebornwith):
Heholdstheoutdatedbeliefthat beinggayis a lifestylechoice.
Thepreachercomdemned "thehomosexuallifestyle" until hissonrevealedhe wasgay.
- Mydoctorsays I shouldstartplayingsportbecause my lifestyle is toosedentary.
- Somepeoplelike thesenseofstructurethat amilitarylifestyleimposes.
- Heranupstupendousdebtsthrough hisextravagantlifestyle.
- Thecitylifestyleseemstosuither - she'scertainlylookingvery well.
- I don'tknowhow theymanagetosupporttheirexpensivelifestyle.
Lifestyles & their study
- affluenza
- anthropogenic
- anthropological
- anthropologically
- anthropologist
- anthropology
- demographer
- demographics
- demography
- downshifting
- ethnographer
- hermetic
- hermetically
- intercultural
- meme
- monoculture
- way of lifeidiom
- westernization
- westernize
- westernized