life-changing
life-changing — adjective
1. describes something so significant that it reshapes what a person's future looks
describes something so significant that it reshapes what a person's future looks like
For Amara, the scholarship was life-changing — it meant four years of university without debt.
predicative: was + life-changing
Hiroshi described moving to London as a life-changing decision for his career.
life-changing + decision (common collocation)
The accident was life-changing for Fatima, who lost her hearing and her career as a violinist.
For Suresh, becoming a parent was a life-changing experience that ended his late-night music gigs.
Diego's year of volunteering abroad turned out to be deeply life-changing.
- transformative
more formal; often used about systems or institutions, not just personal experience
- life-altering
very close synonym; slightly less common in everyday speech
- momentous
emphasises a single important moment or decision; less personal in tone
- insignificant
not important enough to change anything
- trivial
too small or unimportant to matter
文法句型
life-changing + noun
be + life-changing
用法筆記
Applies to both positive events (a promotion, a wedding) and negative ones (an accident, a diagnosis). More common in everyday English than the formal near-synonym 'transformative.'