lifeline是什么意思？

lifeline

英[ˈlaɪflaɪn] 美[ˈlaɪfˌlaɪn]

• n. 救生索，（潜水员的）通报绳，生命线，重要的交通线；

复数：lifelines;

例句

• For many old people living on their own the telephone is their lifeline to the outside world. 对许多独居的老年人来讲,电话是他们与外界联系的生命线。
• 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。
• 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。
• This removed a lifeline for many ordinary Somalis and caused severe hardship. 这消除了生命线许多普通索马里人,并造成严重困难.
• The extra payments are a lifeline for most single mothers. 额外补助对大多数单身母亲来说都是赖以生存的生命线。
• Ferries are a lifeline to the far-flung corners of Scotland. 渡船是苏格兰边远地区的生命线。
• The aseismatic fortify that strengthens crucial point branch and lifeline establishment works. 加强要害部门及生命线设施的抗震设防工作.
• The orders will throw a lifeline to Britain's shipyards. 这些订单将给英国的造船厂注入一线生机。
• Information about the job market can be a lifeline for those who are out of work... 对于那些失业的人而言，就业信息可谓是他们的生命线。

词组

• throw a lifeline to (或 throw someone a lifeline)
  provide (someone) with a means of escaping from a difficult situation 向某人提供脱离困境的手段

英语六级真题

And we are rushing to meet so many deadlines that we hardly register that what we need most are lifelines.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  生命线；命脉
  A lifeline is something that enables an organization or group to survive or to continue with an activity.
  例句
  Information about the job market can be a lifeline for those who are out of work... 对于那些失业的人而言，就业信息可谓是他们的生命线。 The orders will throw a lifeline to Britain's shipyards. 这些订单将给英国的造船厂注入一线生机。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  救生索;生命线
  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。 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。 For many old people living on their own the telephone is their lifeline to the outside world. 对许多独居的老年人来讲,电话是他们与外界联系的生命线。

英英词典释义

• 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