biography
UK/baɪ'ɒgrəfɪ/US/bai'ɒgrәfi/
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Definitions
n.
A written account of someone's life, told by another person.
传记，由他人撰写的某人生平记录。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedbio- (life) + graph (write) + -y = 'life-writing' — a written record of a person's life. Add auto- (self) in front and you get autobiography, a life written by its own subject.
Root graph still carries 34 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.authorized biography授权传记
- 2.official biography官方传记
- 3.write a biography写传记
Example Sentences
- 1.
He wrote a definitive biography of the painter.
- 2.
The biography drew on hundreds of private letters.
- 3.
Her biography became an unexpected bestseller.