lifeline

英 ['laɪflaɪn] 美 ['laɪflaɪn]

• n. 救生索；生命线

lifeline的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

英英释义

Noun:

1. a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live

2. support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection);

   "the airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin"
   "she offered me a lifeline in my time of grief"
   

3. line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver

4. line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning

lifeline的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He threw me a lifeline when he offered me a job.
   他给我工作就相当于拋给了我一条救命索。
2. He clung to the lifeline and the woman pulled him towards the bank.
   他紧紧抓住救生索，那个女人把他拉向岸边。
3. To the education, the education quality is the lifeline.
   对于教育来说,教育质量是其生命线。
4. Public transport is a lifeline for many rural communities.
   公共交通对许多农村居民来说是不可或缺的。

经典引文

• The lifelinesseasier to use and more accurate than lifebeltsswere provided.

  出自：Ilkeston Advertiser

• The public schoolman..clings to the Old School Tie as to a lifeline.

  出自： fig.

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近反义词

【近义词】

• salvation 拯救
• link 联系
• help 帮助
• support 支持
• helping hand 支持的措施; 一定的协助...
• sustenance 维持生计
• line of life 生命线; 命纹...
• life line 救生索