life-changing
life-changing — 形容詞
1. describes something so significant that it reshapes what a person's future looks
改變人生
對人生產生重大且持久影響的經歷或事件
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.
對 Amara 而言，這份獎學金是改變人生的——意味著大學四年不必背債。
predicative: was + life-changing
Hiroshi described moving to London as a life-changing decision for his career.
Hiroshi 形容搬到倫敦是他職涯中一個改變人生的決定。
life-changing + decision (common collocation)
The accident was life-changing for Fatima, who lost her hearing and her career as a violinist.
那場意外對 Fatima 而言是改變人生的轉折——她失去了聽力，也失去了小提琴家的事業。
For Suresh, becoming a parent was a life-changing experience that ended his late-night music gigs.
對 Suresh 來說，為人父母是改變人生的經歷——他深夜的音樂演出就此結束。
Diego's year of volunteering abroad turned out to be deeply life-changing.
Diego 那一年的海外志工服務，後來證明是極為改變人生的經歷。
- 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.'