每日一句口语 400

今天的每日一句是：

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them.

生命的价值不在于我们活了多少天，而在于我们如何利用每一天。

Notes:

1.length

n. 长度，长；时间的长短；（语）音长；一段，一节

常见搭配：

at arm's length

在手臂伸得到的地方; (保持)一定的距 离; 疏远

at full length

极为详细地；全身平伸地; 挺直地

at length

最后, 终于；详细地；挺直地；全身的(指照片、画像)

cannot see beyond the length of one's nose

鼠目寸光

draw out to a great length

拖得很久, 持续了很长时间

fall [measure] all one's length

直挺挺地倒下

find [have, get, know, take] the length of sb.'s foot

看出某人的短处; 摸透某人以便加以控制

go to the length of (doing)

甚至于, 不惜

go the whole length of it

彻底干, 干到底

not the length of a street

很近的距离; 些微的差别

over [through, throughout] the length and breadth (of)

遍及, 到处