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单词 lifeline
释义
lifeline
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.laɪn/us
/ˈlaɪf.laɪn/
something,especiallya way of gettinghelp, that youdependon toleadyourlifein asatisfactoryway:
命脉，生命线
For manyoldpeoplelivingontheirown thephoneistheirlifelinetotheoutsideworld.对很多独居的老人而言，电话是他们与外界联系的生命线。
aropethat isthrownto someone who is in thewater,especiallythesea, and is indanger
（尤指海上救援的）救生索
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  • basis
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  • dependence
  • elemental
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  • if/when push comes to shoveidiom
  • incumbent
  • indispensable
  • inhere insomething
  • necessity
  • need
  • needed
  • needful
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  • owe
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  • warrant
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Cords, ropes, cables & string
(Definition oflifelinefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lifeline| American Dictionary

lifeline
noun[C]
us
/ˈlɑɪfˌlɑɪn/
something,esp. a way of gettinghelp, on which youdepend:
Airplanes are this Alaskan town’s lifeline.
(Definition oflifelinefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

lifeline| Business English

lifeline
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪflaɪn/us
something that willhelpaperson,organization, orcountrytocontinuetoexistoroperatein the same way:
Thegovernmentis going tothrowa lifelineto thetroubledmotorindustry.
Theywonwhat amounted to aneconomiclifelinethatallowedBritaintopayforfood,fuel, and otheressentials.
(Definition oflifelinefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflifeline

lifeline
He felt as if someone had removed hislifeline.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Nobody was allowed to leave, for fear they would inform, a dictate that interrupted the long-distance trading/exchange activities that were the communities'lifeline.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Both developmental and evolutionary processes are more than merely instructive or selective; the organism constructs itself, a process known as autopoiesis, through alifelinetrajectory.
From theCambridge English Corpus
V are the tensions in thelifelineand the helicopter cable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
How large is the tension in thelifeline?
From theCambridge English Corpus
In addition, many rural areas were traversed by the rail network, which gave them an additionallifelineand a link with main centres.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I imagine that, sinking under the weight of audits, tests, standards and the like, they will reach for it as for alifeline.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the east, aridity made corn growing and hog rearing increasingly unsustainable activities but wheat now presented alifeline.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In particular last year, when there was a breakdown of the peace process, these projects were vital peace lifelines.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Entertaining people was yourlifeline.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The onlylifelinewhich then remains is a supplementary and amending budget later on in the year.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Why, then, arelifelineferries being treated differently to trains, trams and metros?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Collective selling of television rights is the financiallifelinefor many clubs that would otherwise be squeezed out by the famous.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The lifelines for crews in non-commercial vessels are an example.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Any cutting of the lifelines of old or disabled people would be strongly resisted by the members of the all-party group on disablement.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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