biography

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bi·og·ra·phy /baɪˈɒɡrəfi $ -ˈɑːɡ-/ noun (plural biographies) 1 [countable]TCNSH a book that tells what has happened in someone’s life, written by someone else 传记，传记作品biography of Boswell’s biography of Samuel Johnson 鲍斯韦尔为约翰逊博士写的传记► see thesaurus at book2. [uncountable]AL literature that consists of biographies 传记文学 → autobiography —biographical /ˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪkəl◂/ adjective biographical information 生平介绍

Examples from the Corpus

biography• She is the author of several books, including a biography of the artist Salvador Dali.• She's the author of three acclaimed biographies.• 'Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now' is an authorized biography of the former Beatle by Barry Miles.• Moral careers, as we have seen, are lives organised around exemplary biographies.• But Wyler is barely more visible in his biography than in his films.• She wrote the first Kerouac biography in 1973.• No biographies have been written about him, and none ever will be.• Plowing through this masterpiece of biography, he was haunted by a question.• Isaac Deutscher's outstanding biographies of Stalin and Trotsky• This is a competent and well-researched biography.• Boswell's biography of Dr Johnson• Odo's biography was written by a monk who had little interest in the miraculous and much in practical virtues.• At first, these biographies were simply invented.• He has slammed an unauthorised biography which he claims contains 'factual errors'.• The third was a lengthy and dully-written biography of a late nineteenth-century general.Origin biography (1600-1700) Late Greek biographia, from Greek bio- ( → BIO-) + -graphia “-graphy”

bi·og·ra·phy nounChineseSyllable

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biography
bi‧og‧ra‧phy /baɪˈɒɡrəfi $ -ˈɑːɡ-/

noun (plural biographies)

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Late Greek
Origin: biographia, from Greek bio- ( ⇨ bio-) + -graphia '-graphy'

1. [countable] a book that tells what has happened in someone’s life, written by someone else
biography of

Boswell’s biography of Dr. Johnson
2. [uncountable] literature that consists of biographies ⇨ autobiography
—biographical /ˌbaɪəˈɡræfəkəl◂, ˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪkəl◂/ adjective:

biographical information

THESAURUS

■ types of book
   ▪ novel noun [countable] a book about imaginary people and events: The film is based on Nick Hornby’s best-selling novel. | a historical novel
   ▪ fiction noun [uncountable] books that describe imaginary people and events: She reads a lot of romantic fiction.
   ▪ literature noun [uncountable] novels and plays that are considered to be important works of art: I’m studying American literature at university.
   ▪ non-fiction noun [uncountable] books that describe real people and events: Men tend to prefer non-fiction.
   ▪ science fiction noun [uncountable] books about imaginary events in the future or space travel
   ▪ reference book noun [countable] a book such as a dictionary or encyclopedia, which you look at to find information
   ▪ textbook noun [countable] a book about a particular subject that you use in a classroom
   ▪ set book British English, course book British English noun [countable] a book that you have to study as part of your course
   ▪ guidebook noun [countable] a book telling visitors about a city or country
   ▪ picture book noun [countable] a book for children with many pictures in it
   ▪ hardcover/hardback noun [countable] a book that has a hard stiff cover
   ▪ paperback noun [countable] a book that has a paper cover
   ▪ biography noun [countable] a book about a real person’s life, written by another person
   ▪ autobiography noun [countable] a book that someone has written about their own life
   ▪ recipe book/cookery book British English (also cookbook American English) noun [countable] a book that tells you how to cook different meals

biog·raphy

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/baɪˈɒɡrəfi/

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/baɪˈɑːɡrəfi/

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