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Definition of lifeline in English: lifelinenoun ˈlʌɪflʌɪnˈlaɪfˌlaɪn 1A rope or line used for life-saving, typically one thrown to rescue someone in difficulties in water or one used by sailors to secure themselves to a boat. 救生索 he rigged a lifeline fore and aft and clipped the safety line on the girl's life jacket to it Example sentencesExamples - After nearly half an hour they were spotted by the crew of a passing boat, and a lifeline was thrown to Rachel who was pulled aboard.
- At least two people had to be rescued using a lifeline and life jackets as they were pulled through the fast flowing water.
- Rescue teams continued to drill toward six trapped miners Thursday evening and were hopeful of reaching the men with lifelines, mine officials said.
- Most of the damage has now been repaired, but the boat was still without lifelines so caution was required when moving around lest we ended up going for a premature swim!
- Al snatched at a fleeting memory like a drowning sailor grabbing a lifeline.
- And then, miraculously, I felt my lifeline pulling me to the surface.
- In an attempt to rescue the truck's occupants, several people waded out to a high point of land and improvised a lifeline from barbed wire cut from a nearby fence and a spare tire as a buoy.
Synonyms preservation, conservation, means of escape - 1.1 A line used by a diver for sending signals to the surface.
（潜水员的）信号索 Example sentencesExamples - Eventually, a lifeline arrives from the surface allowing fresh oxygen and limited communication.
- While the lake was ice-free, surface vessels kept the lifeline in operation, and pipelines and electric cables were laid under the water.
- The tender operated or supervised the hand or kerosene-powered air pump and controlled the rope lifeline to his diver.
- My wife tied the lifeline, we repeated the signals, and I was in the water.
2A thing on which someone or something depends or which provides a means of escape from a difficult situation. 〈喻〉惟一的出路，继续生存所必需的出路；摆脱困境的手段 the telephone has always been a lifeline for Gabby and me Example sentencesExamples - The livestock contract has now been included as part of the lifeline ferry services which are currently out to tender.
- This service is a lifeline to 50 users every week and it would impact on a lot of people if it had to close.
- New Yorkers took to the web as a lifeline when their phone service went out.
- More than 80 pensioners use the service and see it as a lifeline to services in the region.
- The online service will be a lifeline for rugby league fans across the country.
- She had decided not to retaliate and give the regime the satisfaction of knowing how much hurt it had caused her because dance was her lifeline; it was the medium through which she lived and breathed.
- The link service is a lifeline for people without transport who live in villages to the north and west of Chippenham.
- As he was exhaling his last breath, he was struggling to live, trying to hang on to the lifeline that he had.
- An early version of a self-propelled train, the rail motor provided a vital community service and a lifeline to all the towns and people in the area.
- The centre is a place of refuge and a lifeline to the many service users who regularly attend.
- When Sophie fell poorly with glandular fever and then chronic fatigue syndrome her home computer provided a lifeline to the outside world.
- This has upset many who argue pay phones are an essential local facility and a lifeline in times of emergency.
- But it is those for whom our public services are a lifeline - the poorest and the most vulnerable in our society - who are suffering the most.
- The Swindon and District branch of Headway, based at Victoria Hospital, provides a lifeline to Swindonians after they leave hospital.
- And now, living in Toronto, it is the lifeline to my greatest love: the heartbreakingly beautiful city of Montreal.
- MAX, as the light-rail system is called, hasn't just reduced traffic - it's provided a lifeline for the city's downtown.
- As numbers grow this service can be a lifeline to people initially unfamiliar with the Irish way of life.
- Public transport is a lifeline for people living in villages and it is essential that we try to provide them with as comprehensive a service as possible.
- There have been times in my life when it has been the lifeline keeping me afloat in a very chaotic world.
- These days the boat takes tourists up the river, but in its past life the vessel was a lifeline to people living on the banks of the upper Mokau.
3(in palmistry) a line on the palm of a person's hand, regarded as indicating how long they will live. （手相术中所说的手掌上的）寿命线 Example sentencesExamples - The club should lie across the fingers, not in the palm, and the lifeline of your right hand needs to be firmly placed on top of the left thumb.
- It starts at a point halfway along the main lifeline, and goes right off the palm and up onto the side of my hand.
- This is for Joyce, since I have been largely unable to determine the answer to her question about mysteriously getting a cut on the lifeline of your palm.
- Your left thumb should meet your right hand where your lifeline and heartline intersect.
- She studied his palm and was dismayed at his brief lifeline.
PhrasesProvide (someone) with a means of escaping from a difficult situation. 向某人提供脱离困境的手段 women who feel at risk of breaking down alone have been thrown a lifeline by a motoring organization Example sentencesExamples - In a country where corruption is rife and mafia rules, throwing a lifeline to these children is no easy task.
- The new initiative will place nearly 2,300 defibrillators in public places across England, to throw a lifeline to the tens of thousands of people who suffer a cardiac arrest in the community every year.
- And there are many individuals and businesses keen to donate much needed cash to throw a lifeline to these communities.
- A casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that renewed optimism in the property market would throw a lifeline to the construction industry, especially foundation contractors.
- The cash will throw a lifeline to the charity, which survives on donations from the public.
- The council has refused to throw a lifeline to a children's football club facing bankruptcy.
- The deal threw a lifeline to more than 150 employees as well as thousands of customers who hold vouchers for activities such as hot air balloon flights and bungee jumping.
- The introduction of aviation to remote islands did more than just provide a link to the mainland, it threw a lifeline to the whole community.
- As happens so often when a side fails to take its chances, it throws a lifeline to the opposition.
- It would also throw a lifeline to neoliberalism south of the border.
Definition of lifeline in US English: lifelinenounˈlaɪfˌlaɪnˈlīfˌlīn 1A rope or line used for life-saving, typically one thrown to rescue someone in difficulties in water or one used by sailors to secure themselves to a boat. 救生索 Example sentencesExamples - And then, miraculously, I felt my lifeline pulling me to the surface.
- After nearly half an hour they were spotted by the crew of a passing boat, and a lifeline was thrown to Rachel who was pulled aboard.
- Most of the damage has now been repaired, but the boat was still without lifelines so caution was required when moving around lest we ended up going for a premature swim!
- At least two people had to be rescued using a lifeline and life jackets as they were pulled through the fast flowing water.
- Al snatched at a fleeting memory like a drowning sailor grabbing a lifeline.
- In an attempt to rescue the truck's occupants, several people waded out to a high point of land and improvised a lifeline from barbed wire cut from a nearby fence and a spare tire as a buoy.
- Rescue teams continued to drill toward six trapped miners Thursday evening and were hopeful of reaching the men with lifelines, mine officials said.
Synonyms preservation, conservation, means of escape - 1.1 A line used by a diver for sending signals to the surface.
（潜水员的）信号索 Example sentencesExamples - Eventually, a lifeline arrives from the surface allowing fresh oxygen and limited communication.
- The tender operated or supervised the hand or kerosene-powered air pump and controlled the rope lifeline to his diver.
- While the lake was ice-free, surface vessels kept the lifeline in operation, and pipelines and electric cables were laid under the water.
- My wife tied the lifeline, we repeated the signals, and I was in the water.
2A thing on which someone or something depends or which provides a means of escape from a difficult situation. 〈喻〉惟一的出路，继续生存所必需的出路；摆脱困境的手段 fertility treatment can seem like a lifeline to childless couples 对没有孩子的夫妇来说，不孕症的治疗可能是惟一的希望。 Example sentencesExamples - These days the boat takes tourists up the river, but in its past life the vessel was a lifeline to people living on the banks of the upper Mokau.
- As numbers grow this service can be a lifeline to people initially unfamiliar with the Irish way of life.
- And now, living in Toronto, it is the lifeline to my greatest love: the heartbreakingly beautiful city of Montreal.
- But it is those for whom our public services are a lifeline - the poorest and the most vulnerable in our society - who are suffering the most.
- There have been times in my life when it has been the lifeline keeping me afloat in a very chaotic world.
- This service is a lifeline to 50 users every week and it would impact on a lot of people if it had to close.
- The centre is a place of refuge and a lifeline to the many service users who regularly attend.
- The link service is a lifeline for people without transport who live in villages to the north and west of Chippenham.
- An early version of a self-propelled train, the rail motor provided a vital community service and a lifeline to all the towns and people in the area.
- The online service will be a lifeline for rugby league fans across the country.
- The livestock contract has now been included as part of the lifeline ferry services which are currently out to tender.
- She had decided not to retaliate and give the regime the satisfaction of knowing how much hurt it had caused her because dance was her lifeline; it was the medium through which she lived and breathed.
- The Swindon and District branch of Headway, based at Victoria Hospital, provides a lifeline to Swindonians after they leave hospital.
- This has upset many who argue pay phones are an essential local facility and a lifeline in times of emergency.
- More than 80 pensioners use the service and see it as a lifeline to services in the region.
- MAX, as the light-rail system is called, hasn't just reduced traffic - it's provided a lifeline for the city's downtown.
- Public transport is a lifeline for people living in villages and it is essential that we try to provide them with as comprehensive a service as possible.
- When Sophie fell poorly with glandular fever and then chronic fatigue syndrome her home computer provided a lifeline to the outside world.
- As he was exhaling his last breath, he was struggling to live, trying to hang on to the lifeline that he had.
- New Yorkers took to the web as a lifeline when their phone service went out.
3(in palmistry) a line on the palm of a person's hand, regarded as indicating how long they will live. （手相术中所说的手掌上的）寿命线 Example sentencesExamples - This is for Joyce, since I have been largely unable to determine the answer to her question about mysteriously getting a cut on the lifeline of your palm.
- The club should lie across the fingers, not in the palm, and the lifeline of your right hand needs to be firmly placed on top of the left thumb.
- She studied his palm and was dismayed at his brief lifeline.
- Your left thumb should meet your right hand where your lifeline and heartline intersect.
- It starts at a point halfway along the main lifeline, and goes right off the palm and up onto the side of my hand.
PhrasesProvide (someone) with a means of escaping from a difficult situation. 向某人提供脱离困境的手段 Example sentencesExamples - As happens so often when a side fails to take its chances, it throws a lifeline to the opposition.
- It would also throw a lifeline to neoliberalism south of the border.
- The deal threw a lifeline to more than 150 employees as well as thousands of customers who hold vouchers for activities such as hot air balloon flights and bungee jumping.
- The council has refused to throw a lifeline to a children's football club facing bankruptcy.
- The cash will throw a lifeline to the charity, which survives on donations from the public.
- A casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that renewed optimism in the property market would throw a lifeline to the construction industry, especially foundation contractors.
- The new initiative will place nearly 2,300 defibrillators in public places across England, to throw a lifeline to the tens of thousands of people who suffer a cardiac arrest in the community every year.
- The introduction of aviation to remote islands did more than just provide a link to the mainland, it threw a lifeline to the whole community.
- In a country where corruption is rife and mafia rules, throwing a lifeline to these children is no easy task.
- And there are many individuals and businesses keen to donate much needed cash to throw a lifeline to these communities.
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