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BNC: 14610 COCA: 13856

lifeline

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life·line /ˈlaɪflaɪn/ noun [countableC]  
1  DEPEND/IT DEPENDSsomething which someone depends on completely 生命线，命脉
lifeline to
 The telephone is her lifeline to the rest of the world.
电话是她与外界保持联系的生命线。
lifeline for
 The organization has proved to be a lifeline for thousands of needy families.
这个机构已经成为数以千计贫困家庭的生命支柱。
2. TTWa rope used for saving people in danger, especially at sea 〔尤指用于海上救生的〕救生索
Examples from the Corpus
lifeline• These are isolated places dependent for a lifeline on the road from Shiel Bridge and otherwise quite inaccessible overland by vehicles.• Because I work at home, the telephone is like a lifeline to me.• The older philosopher offers the young Nietzsche a lifeline between his scholarly avocation and the world outside.• In the months ahead that link would prove a lifeline.• His shock decision - on the eve of Labour's party conference - threw a lifeline to battered Premier John Major.• The gaps in the Wall are the lifelines which sustain the régimes of the East and their ability to keep us divided.
From Longman Business Dictionary
lifelinelife·line /ˈlaɪflaɪn/ noun [countableC]
something a country, organization etc depends on completely
Hawaii has always been able to count on tourism, itseconomic lifeline.
life·line noun
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BNC: 14610 COCA: 13856
lifeline

noun¹

 1rope繩索VERB + LIFELINE➤throw sb扔給某人救生索▸➤catch, cling to抓住／抓緊救生索◇He clung to the lifeline and the woman pulled him to the bank.他緊緊抓住救生索，那個婦女把他拉向岸邊。
lifeline

noun²

 2important help重要的幫助ADJECTIVE | VERB + LIFELINE ADJECTIVE➤real, vital真正的／重要的生命線◇Visits from loved ones are a vital lifeline for prisoners.對於囚犯來說，親人能來探視是他們的生命支柱。➤economic, financial經濟命脈◇The state pension is their financial lifeline.國家發放的養老金是他們的經濟支柱。VERB + LIFELINE➤be, become是生命線；變成命脈◇While my mother was ill, talking to Sheila became a lifeline for me.我母親生病期間，和希拉交談成了我的救命索。➤give sb, hold out, offer (sb), provide (sb with), throw sb讓某人有所依靠；伸出援手；（向某人）提供重要幫助◇The organization provides a real lifeline for many women in poverty.這個組織給許多貧困婦女提供實際的幫助。◇He threw me a lifeline when he offered me a job.他給我工作就相當於拋給了我一條救命索。➤have有生命線◇With this one unexpected victory, the team now has a lifeline.這次意外的勝利使該隊有了一線生機。
BNC: 14610 COCA: 13856
BNC: 14610 COCA: 13856

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