an account of someone's life written by someone else
传记。
[mass noun]writing of such a type as a branch of literature
传记文学。
the course of a person's life
生平,人生历程
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although their individual biographies are different, both are motivated by a similar ambition. 尽管他们的人生道路各不相同,但他们的动力都来自相似的抱负。
"late 17th cent.: from French