lifeline
lifeline
noun
throw a lifeline to (或 throw someone a lifeline)
noun
- a 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
■a line used by a diver for sending signals to the surface
（潜水员的）信号索
■(figurative)a thing which is essential for the continued existence of someone or something 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。
■(Brit.)an emergency telephone counselling service
(英)求救电话 - (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
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
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- cataclysmal adj.洪水的，大变动的
- cataclysmic adj.洪水的，大变动的
- catacomb n.地下墓穴，茔窟（常用复数）
- catacombs n.地下墓穴，陵寝
- catacoustics n.回音学
- catadioptric adj.兼反射光及折射光的
- catadioptrics n.兼反射光及折射光,反折射学
- catadromous adj.为产卵顺流而下的
- catafalque n.灵柩台，灵柩车
- catagenesis n.退化
- catagmatic adj.骨折的，断骨的，有接合断骨之力的
- catalan n.加泰罗尼亚语,加泰罗尼亚人 adj.（西班牙）加泰罗尼亚的,加泰罗尼亚人的,加泰罗尼亚语的
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