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lifeline n.救生索；生命线 (1) 他给我工作就相当于拋给了我一条救命索。(2) 他紧紧抓住救生索，那个女人把他拉向岸边。(3) 对于教育来说,教育质量是其生命线。(4) 公共交通对许多农村居民来说是不可或缺的。 When sailors need to rescue a swimmer or a clumsy passenger, it helps to have a lifeline handy. And when you receive other kinds of vital support or help — a mobile phone, or a job recommendation, or a scholarship for college, for example — you can also call them lifelines. This figurative meaning has been around since the 19th century, while the "live-saving rope" definition is the earliest one, from about 1700.

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英 ['laɪflaɪn] 美 ['laɪflaɪn] (1) He threw me a lifeline when he offered me a job.(2) He clung to the lifeline and the woman pulled him towards the bank.(3) To the education, the education quality is the lifeline.(4) Public transport is a lifeline for many rural communities. A lifeline is a safety feature on a boat, a rope that either protects you from falling off or that you can throw to someone who's drowning. If you stumble off your friend's sailboat into the water, she'll throw you a lifeline. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]生命线；命脉 A lifeline is something that enables an organization or group to survive or to continue with an activity.   [oft N for/to n]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。

英语单词	lifeline
英美音标	英 ['laɪflaɪn] 美 ['laɪflaɪn]
中文释义	n.救生索；生命线
英语例句	(1) He threw me a lifeline when he offered me a job. (2) He clung to the lifeline and the woman pulled him towards the bank. (3) To the education, the education quality is the lifeline. (4) Public transport is a lifeline for many rural communities.
中文例句	(1) 他给我工作就相当于拋给了我一条救命索。 (2) 他紧紧抓住救生索，那个女人把他拉向岸边。 (3) 对于教育来说,教育质量是其生命线。 (4) 公共交通对许多农村居民来说是不可或缺的。
vocabulary简明	A lifeline is a safety feature on a boat, a rope that either protects you from falling off or that you can throw to someone who's drowning. If you stumble off your friend's sailboat into the water, she'll throw you a lifeline.
vocabulary扩展	When sailors need to rescue a swimmer or a clumsy passenger, it helps to have a lifeline handy. And when you receive other kinds of vital support or help — a mobile phone, or a job recommendation, or a scholarship for college, for example — you can also call them lifelines. This figurative meaning has been around since the 19th century, while the "live-saving rope" definition is the earliest one, from about 1700.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]生命线；命脉 A lifeline is something that enables an organization or group to survive or to continue with an activity. [oft N for/to n] 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。

Lifeline Throw Job 英 Laɪflaɪn] 美 Laɪflaɪn N.救生索；生命线 Threw