set for life
set for life — 片語動詞
- sets for life3rd person singular
- setting for life-ing form
- set for lifepast simple
1. to have made or been given enough money so that working for income is no longer
一生無憂
有足夠的錢，一輩子不用再工作
to have made or been given enough money so that working for income is no longer a necessity
After selling his restaurant chain, Noa was set for life and retired at forty.
Noa 賣掉自己的連鎖餐廳後就一生無憂，四十歲退休了。
predicative: be set for life
The inheritance from her grandmother left Tanvi set for life before she turned thirty.
祖母留下的遺產讓 Tanvi 在三十歲前就已一生無憂。
causative: leave [person] set for life
Hao invested his startup earnings wisely and felt set for life by age thirty-five.
Hao 把創業賺的錢好好投資，三十五歲就覺得自己一生無憂了。
Isabela's investment portfolio was large enough that her whole family was set for life.
Isabela 的投資組合價值很高，足以讓全家一生無憂。
The author's book royalties made him set for life, so he started a charity.
那位作家的書籍版稅讓他一生無憂，於是他創辦了一間慈善機構。
- financially independent
more formal; describes the same state without the idiomatic flavour
- comfortable
softer and less precise; can mean merely well-off rather than work-free
- made for life
British variant; roughly the same meaning
- broke
opposite end of the financial spectrum; informal
- living paycheck to paycheck
describes someone who needs to keep working to survive
用法筆記
Often used after the verbs 'be', 'feel', or 'leave'. The phrase usually implies a permanent state of financial independence rather than a temporary windfall.