她在世的时候就是一个传奇人物。

She was a legend in her own lifetime.

《牛津词典》

她在世的最后几年，一个人居住在空空荡荡的老宅子里。

She spent the last few years alone, rattling around the old family home.

《牛津词典》

他有一种特质，因此被认为是联邦共和国在世的最伟大的作家。

He has the distinction of being regarded as the Federal Republic's greatest living writer.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

One thing you cannot say about him is that he's culturally insensitive, arguably one of the most sensitive people alive.

但你不能说他在文化方面不敏感，他可以说是还在世的最敏感的人之一。

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And in fact that's always been the case even in his lifetime.

其实，甚至在他在世的时候也是这样。

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I have to tell you that Levi-Strauss, who is still alive, a very old man, expresses great bitterness in his old age about what he takes to be the displacement of the importance of his own work by what happened subsequently.

现在列维仍然在世，年事已高，晚年他表达了,自己对作品的重要性,后来被取代的痛苦。

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