1680s, probably from Latin biographia, from Late Greek biographia "description of life," from Greek bio- "life" (see bio-) + graphia "record, account" (see -graphy). Biographia was not in classical Greek (bios alone was the word for it), though it is attested in later Greek from c.500.
双语例句
1. He has written a speculative biography of Christopher Marlowe.
他写了一篇关于克里斯托弗·马洛的推测性传记。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Now she is busy finishing off a biography of Queen Caroline.
