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want the right to re_/iise h/e support...病人亲属要求有权 拒绝使用机器维持生命。◊ She’s criricaHy iH, on If/e support.她病情危急，靠机器来维持生命。

,life-sup'port machine (also .life-sup1 port system)

noun a piece of equipment that keeps sb alive when they are extremely ill/sick and cannot breathe without help生命维持设备；用以维持生命的机器：He was put on a Zi/e-support machine in intensive, care..在特护涵间 给他使用了生命维持:设备。

.life^ 'wprk. (6/：£) {NAmE life-work /.laifwsik; NAmE -'W3：rk/) noun [sing.] the main purpose or activity in a person’s life, or their greatest achievement 毕生囟主姜 目的（.或活动  終生最大料成就

'life-threaten-ing adj. that is likely to kill sb pj IbSSt 命的；威胁着生命的：His heart condition is not h/e- threatenfng.也的心脏病不会笮及生命。 life-time /'laiftaim/ noun the length of time that sb lives or that sth lasts —生；终身；有生乏年;‘（某物的 > 存在 期，寿命，使用期限：Ms dia/y w〇5 not pub〖is/i£d during his啡time.他的日记在他生前未曾发表过。◊ a h/etime 〇/ experience 毕生的经.验.◊ fn the h/etime 〇/ the present government在本届政射的任期内f»1?l the chance, etc. of a 'lifetime a wonderful opportunity, etc. that you are not likely to get again 终# 难得的机 遇；■千滅难逢的机会once in a ’lifetime used to describe sth special that is not likely to happen to you again、可能）一生只有一次：An opportunity iifce this comes once in a Retime, f夢这样的机4一生也■只会遇到 一次。◊ a once-in-a-h/erime experience —生只会拥有一 次的经历

'life vest noun {NAm£) = life jacket lift /lift/ verb, noun m verb

►                RAISE 提升 1 〜sb/sth (up) to raise sb/sth or be raised to a higher position or level (被）提起，举起，抬高，吊 起：[VN，usually +<3办./^/¥/?.] ffe stood there with Ziis arms啡ed above his head•他站在那里，胳臂举过T头 顶。◊ J h:/ted the ifd 〇/ the box and peeredfn•我掀起箱 盖往里看。(/^wraf/Ve) John i诉ed his eyes (= looked upj _/h)m his boofc.约翰从书本上抬起艰睛。◊ [V] Her eyebrows Zi^ited. ‘Apoiogfze? Why?’ 她的眉毛竖了起来：

“道歉？为什么？”

►                MOVE SB/STH 挪动某人 / 某物 2 [VN，usually

to take hold of sb/sth and move them/it to a different position 移开.；移动：I lifted the baby out of the chair. 我把婴儿从椅子上抱起来。◊ He h；/ted the suitcase down 介om the racfc.他把手提箱从行李架上#下来。3 [VN] to transport people or things by air 空运：The survivors were啡ed to sa/efy by hdicopter•幸存者由直升机运往安 全的地方。一see also airlift

►                REMOVE LAW/RULE 撤，销法# / 规贝！ 4 [VN] to remove or end restrictions 解除，撤销，备止（限:to lift a ban/cuz/ew/Wocfcade 解除禁令/宵禁/会•锁◊ AfartiaZ Zaw. has now been职ed•戒_令现已喊命。

►                HEART/SPIRITS.心请；■情络 5 to become or make sb more cheerful 髙^起桌；使更愉快：[V] His heart £(/ted at the s&hto/her.他一看见她心里就高兴起来了。◊[VN] 27ie news啡ed our spirits.这消息使我们群情振奋。

►                OF MIST/CLOUDS 雾；/； 6 [V] to rise and disappear 消 散；消失 B3Z1 disperse: rhe/og began to 雾开始 备了。0 {figurative') Gradually my depression started to

我的沮丧情绪开始逐渐消束

►                STEAL.偷盗 7 [VN] ~ sth (from sb/sth) (/Vi/omw/) to steal sth 偷 S;盗窃：He been hairing eiectrfcai goods 介om the store where_he worked•他一直从他工作的商店 里偷窃电器商品。一see also shoplift at shoplifting

►                COPY IDEAS/WORDS 剽窃观点/ 盲语 8 [VN] to use sb’s ideas or words without asking permission or without saying where they come from 剽窃；盗用；抄袭 Pnn plagiarize ： She lifted most of the ideas from a book she had been reading.大部分观点都是她从一直在看的一 本书里抄来的。

►                VEGETABLES 蔬菜.9 _ to dig up vegetables or plants fromtheground^i,刨出，拔起（蔬菜或植物）：to

potatoes 刨土豆

INCREASE■增加 10 to make the amount or level of sth greater; to become greater in amount or level 提高；增

力口;(■使）增长：[VN] Interest rates were i 诉ed yesterday. 昨天利率提高了。[alsoV]

f»l?l not lift/raise a finger/hand (to do sth) {informal) to do nothing to help sb —点f也不帮；油瓶倒了都不 扶：The children never lift a finger to help around the

•孩子们从不帮着做家务。Birm .lift off (of a rocket or，less frequently, an aircraft 火箭，有时也，指 飞行器)to leave the groundand rise into the air 发射； 起飞;j弁寥一rented noun lift-off mnoun

►                MACHINE 1 (6r£) {NAmE ele-va-tor) [C] a machine that carries people or goods up and down to different levels in a building or a mine 4梯；升降机：Jt’s on the

sixth floor—Zet’s tafce the H/t 在i楼  咱们乘电梯

吧。_ see also chairlift, drag lift, ski lift

►                FREE RIDE 免费搭车 2 (心£) (AMmf ride) [C] a free ride in a car, etc. to a place you want to get to 免费搭车；搭便 车：give you a to the station.我用车顺便送i尔去 车站。令She hitched a Zf/t on a truck•她免费搭乘了一辆 卡车o

►                HAPPIER FEtLING >bif 3 [sing.] a feeling of being happier or more confident than before较好的心情；更大的信心

boost ： Passing the exam gave him a rean(/it■•他

通过了考试，情绪好多了。

►                RISING MOVEMENT 上升运动 4 [sing:] a movement in which sth rises or is lifted up 提；抬；举；上升；’吊： the jpuzzied啡〇/his Eyebrows他浑惑不解地皱起眉头

►                ON AIRCRAFT 飞行器 5 [U] the upward pressure of air on an aircraft when flying (飞行时的）提升力，升力. —compare drag /?• (5)

'lift-off noun [C, U] the act of a spacecraft leaving the ground and rising into the aii■(航天器的}发射，起 .飞”拜牵v blast-off： Ten minutes to lift-off.离

发射还_十分钟。

liga-ment /'ligamant/ noun a strong band of tissue in the body that connects bones and supports organs and keeps them in position 靭带：J’ve tom a Zigament.我的

韧带撕裂了。

li-gate /li'gert; NAmE lai'g-/ verb [VN] (medical K) to tie up an artery or other blood vessel or tube in the body, with a ligature结扎，绑扎（动脉或血管等）► H.ga- tion noun [U]

liga-ture /'lig0tja(r)/ noun (technical i§) something that is used for tying sth very tightly, for example to stop the loss of blood from a wound (用于紧缚的）.带

子；绳索，绷带；（用于止血等的）结扎丝，缚线