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double life

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌdouble ˈlife noun [countable]  if someone lives a double life, they deceive people by having two separate homes, families, or sets of activities, one of which they keep secret 双重生活lead/live a double life Marje had no idea that her husband was leading a double life with another woman. 玛杰不知道她丈夫另有女人,过着双重生活。
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double lifeIn Paris, the quintessential city of freedom and discretion, he could lead a double life.They lead a double life, on the surface passive, even servile, but inside they suffer.Who would have thought that he was leading a double life?It was very much a sort of double life.She wondered how Beatrix had reacted to its revelation of the double life Maurice was leading.lead/live a double lifeIn Paris, the quintessential city of freedom and discretion, he could lead a double life.They lead a double life, on the surface passive, even servile, but inside they suffer.Who would have thought that he was leading a double life?It's a secret that the man who led a double life has taken with his to the grave.
ˌdouble ˈlife nounChineseSyllable
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double life
ˌdouble ˈlife noun [countable]
if someone lives a double life, they deceive people by having two separate homes, families, or sets of activities, one of which they keep secret
    lead/live a double life
    Marje had no idea that her husband was leading a double life with another woman.


double lifeBrE /ˌdʌbl ˈlaɪf/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdʌbl ˈlaɪf/ 🔊 nouna life of a person who leads two different lives which are kept separate from each other, usually because one of them involves secret, often illegal or immoral, activities 双重人格的生活(常指其中一重人格涉及非法或不道德行为)to live/lead a double life 过着双重人格的生活