microlife

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Microorganisms collectively. uncountable
  2. A unit of risk representing half an hour change of life expectancy. countable
    — If you have unhealthy habits, it costs you microlives. If you smoke, each cigarette reduces your life expectancy on average by around 15 minutes, so two cigarettes loses you a microlife. […] And for every extra 5kg you are overweight, it will cost you around one microlife a day. […] If you survive your trip on the motorbike, then your micromort gets forgotten and you start the next day with a clean slate. But if you smoke and drink all day, and live on a fast-food diet, then your microlives will accumulate from day to day.

词形变化

microlives plural

词源

From micro- + life.
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