lifetime

vie, durée de vie

Durée pendant laquelle une personne vit ou une chose existe ou fonctionne.

En anglais simple : The length of time that a person lives or that something exists or works.

• He lived here for his whole lifetime.
• The award recognised a lifetime of hard work.
• What is the expected lifetime of this machine?

Comment l'utiliser : in/during someone’s lifetime (She wrote six novels during her lifetime.); the lifetime of something (The battery should last for the lifetime of the device.)

Synonymes : lifespan

Expressions courantes : a lifetime, during someone’s lifetime, lifetime of something

une éternité

Une période qui semble extrêmement longue.

En anglais simple : A period that feels extremely long.

• The wait felt like a lifetime.
• It seems a lifetime since we last met.
• I waited a lifetime for that bus.

Synonymes : ages, an eternity

Expressions courantes : seem a lifetime, feel like a lifetime, wait a lifetime