Lifeline
[ ['laiflain] ]
辅助 Assistant
n. 救生索, 生命线
📖 牛津释义
lifeline
n
1 (nautical 海)
(a) line or rope for saving life such as that attached to a lifebelt, or fastened along the deck of a ship in a storm for sailors to hold on to 救生索.
(b) line attached to a deep-sea diver （深海潜水员的）信号绳.
2 (fig 比喻) anything on which sb/sth depends for continued existence 生命线; 命脉
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.
🗣️ 情景例句
I'll have to work for years to pay off my college loan.
我得工作好几年才能还清助学贷款。
The reporter has a good story.
这个记者采访到了精彩的记事。
How Harry came into the possession of this outlandish stuff makes an interesting story which he is fond of relating.
哈里如何得到这种稀奇古怪的东西的，这里有个有趣的故事，而且他挺爱把它讲给别人听。