1.life sentence 无期徒刑,终身监禁
例句:He died of heart failure in 1971, while serving a life sentence.
斯坦格尔1971年死于心脏衰竭,当时他正服无期徒刑 。
2.fight off 击退,排斥
例句:The birds did not fight off their attackers, even as some mice fed inside the body cavity of one albatross chick.
甚至当有些老鼠在吃信天翁幼雏的内体腔时,这些鸟都没能击退他们的攻击 。
3.show off 炫耀,卖弄
例句Understand that the happiest children didn’t have mountains of new gadgets to show off to their friends.
要知道最幸福的孩子是没有一大堆新的小玩意儿来向他们的朋友炫耀的 。