lifework

1. To prepare for a lifework.
   要准备好一份毕生的事业。
2. She sat, cool and unmoved, with her lifework falling in ruins about her.
   她冷静，镇定地坐在那里，眼见她毕生的心血正在付诸东流。
3. Many great designers have shown us the importance of designing itself through their lifework. Thus we should use open concepts and advanced concepts to create landscapes of Chinese context, persisting in reconstructing channels to the humanity and sustainability of our designs.
   众多的设计前辈们用其一生向我们展示了设计中发现其本身才能的重要性，我们也需要继续用开放的思想和先进的理念创中国语境的设计，执着重建人文与可持续发展的途径。

noun

1. the principal work of your career