性命的英文：
life

Too much cunning in plotting and scheming is the cause of her own undoing.
机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命。

The aunt, who was childless, kept a little Pekingese dog named bobby, which was as dear to her as life itself
姑太太没有孩子，养一条小哈巴狗，取名bobby，视为性命。

It was really unfortunate that America was shamed on Sep 11 through the sacrifice of so many innocent lives.
恐怖分子在九月十一日袭击美国本土，夺走了许多无辜的人的性命，这不幸的事件对美国无疑是奇耻大辱。

To preserve one’s life
保全性命

Life is inconstant, evanescent
性命无常

"The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail"
机关算尽太聪明,反误了卿卿性命

The police gave the villain his quietus.
警察结果了那坏蛋的性命。

We'd risk our lives to follow war chariots, alas!
应将性命逐轻车

They spared the prisoner.
他们饶了这犯人的性命。

Each year tuberculosis kills more than 2 million people
肺结核每年夺去超过两百万人性命。

Life is illusionless! Life is earnest!
生命不是虚幻的!生活是严肃的!

Life is real, life is earnest.
人生是真实的，人生是重要的。

succeed in life
发迹

Life is a shuttle.
生活犹如梭子。

Life is but a dream
人生如梦