autobiographical
UK/ɔ:tәjbaiә'^ræfik(ә)l/US
TOEFLC2
Definitions
adj.
Relating to or based on the events of the writer's own life.
自传的，自传体的，取材于作者自身经历的。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedauto-self
+
bio-life, living things
+
-icalwrite, writing, record
=autobiographical
autobiography + -ical (adj.) = 'drawing on one's own life.'
Root graph still carries 34 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.autobiographical novel自传体小说
- 2.autobiographical detail自传性细节
- 3.highly autobiographical高度自传性的
Example Sentences
- 1.
The novel is loosely autobiographical.
- 2.
Many of his songs are deeply autobiographical.