life-expectancy

基本解释

At the same time, actuaries revised up their life-expectancy tables, battering returns.
同时，精算师们修正了他们的生命表，也损害了其回报。
People who are bored are more likely to turn to unhealthy habits like drinking and smoking, which can cut their life- expectancy, the scientists said.
科学家说，觉得生活无聊的人更容易染上抽烟喝酒等不健康的生活习惯，而这些不良习惯会缩短他们的寿命。
Dr Christakis found, however, that those who had come of age around the most available women had a life-expectancy three months longer than that of the least favoured.
然而Christakis发现，如果在适龄女性最多的时候男性已到成年的年纪，且与这些女性打交道较多，那这些男性的寿命比那些最不讨女孩子喜欢的男性要长三个月。

The researchers found a 14-year difference in life expectancy between Asian-American and African-American men who can expect to live an average of 67 years.
Back in the 1840s, life insurance was very important because the average expectancy of life was only something like forty-five years, so that meant parents were dying left and right.
在19世纪40年代的时候,寿险是非常重要的,因为当时的人均期望寿命,仅为45岁左右,这意味着双亲平均只能活到45岁
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"African-American men in the south have the lowest life expectancy, along with African-American men living in high-risk urban areas, places like downtown Los Angeles."

Infant and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world, life-expectancy among the lowest.
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The life expectancy of a person, animal, or plant is the length of time that they are normally likely to live.

平均寿命
However, according to statistics, China's average life-expectancy of the family-owned businesses is only 2-3 years, accounting for 10% of the foreign family-owned businesses. Such "Short-life" phenomenon is worth to thinking deeply.
但据统计,我国家族企业的平均寿命只为2—3年,仅为国外家族企业平均寿命的10%,这种“短命”现象值得我们去深思。