life cycle

生存期； 生命周期

noun

1. a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage

2. the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced

1. （生物的）生活史，生活周期
The life cycle of an animal or plant is the series of changes and developments that it passes through from the beginning of its life until its death.

e.g. The dormant period is another stage in the life cycle of the plant.
休眠期是这种植物生活史中的另一个阶段。

2. （想法、产品、组织等的）存在周期
The life cycle of something such as an idea, product, or organization is the series of developments that take place in it from its beginning until the end of its usefulness.

e.g. ...the stages of the familial and economic life cycle...
家庭及经济生活周期的各个阶段
e.g. Each new product would have a relatively long life cycle.
每种新产品都将会有相对较长的生命周期。

It provides the service life cycle governance model.(它提供了服务生命周期治理模型。)

For a brief moment during that stage of its life cycle, the tongue consists of two tiny half-tubes before merging into one.(在它生命周期的这一阶段的短暂时刻，它的舌头由两个微小的半管组成，随后融合成一个。)

Figure 3 shows the life cycle and the important activities.(图3显示了生命周期和重要的活动。)

Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that companies have no incentive to lengthen the life cycle of their products and reduce the revenue they would get from selling new goods.(传统观点似乎认为，企业在延长产品生命周期和减少销售新产品的收入方面是没有动力的。)

Shortening the development life cycle.(缩短开发生命周期。)

The life cycle of a resource can either be static or dynamic.(资源的生命周期可以是静态的，也可以是动态的。)

The container also manages the life cycle of each component.(容器还可以管理每个组件的生命周期。)

Its life cycle is not linked to the virtual machine.(它的生命周期与虚拟机并无关联。)

As assets, services in an SOA follow the asset life cycle.(作为资产，SOA中的服务遵循资产生命周期。)

Empower a governance body to manage the entire service life cycle.(授权治理组织管理整个服务生命周期。)