want the right to refuse
life support. A fi
le A IX. pg % #1 ffe.
#
o 0 She’s critically ill, on life
support fitiltlAWAMo
,
life-sup'port machine (also .life-sup port
system) noun a piece of equipment
that keeps sb alive when they are extremely ill/sick and cannot breathe without
help £#«###; He was put
on a life-support
machine in intensive care, ft # fsj
.life’s
'work (BrE) (NAmE life-work
/,laifw3:k; NAmE -’W3:rk/) noun [sing.] the main
purpose or activity in a person’s life, or their greatest achievement
I1M (
'life-threaten-ing adj. that is likely to
kill sb rJ fbS
#M;
J^jjfrlr AM M : His heart condition is not life-
threatening. it M
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P
life-time /‘laiftaim/ noun
the
length of time that sb lives
or that sth lasts—4; ( ^^M ) #&
M , % # , f£ PH : His
diary was not published during his lifetime. 0 a
lifetime of experience A A M 0
in the lifetime of the present government A^JSil&jtiFMfilKA IldAI the chance, etc. of
a 'lifetime a
wonderful opportunity, etc. that you are not likely to get again Shpf 51ft # 69
lH ill; ' A ffc 5li & M #1 £ once in a 'lifetime used to describe sth
special that is not likely to happen to you again ( pjfls
) An opportunity like this
comes once in a lifetime.
—IXo
Ofl once-in-a-lifetime experience — ffeR£$Uft —
..wmm
'life vest noun (NAmE) = life jacket lift O-pr /lift/ verb, noun m verb
►
RAISE Mfl- 1 ~ sb/sth (up) to raise sb/sth or be raised to
a higher position or
level ( tfc ) H®, rfi
:
[VN, usually +adv./prep.] He stood there with his
arms lifted above his head. ftk&MJI,
Mo
0 I lifted the lid of the box and peered in.
Iftlf
o o {figurative) John lifted his
eyes (= looked up) from his book. M It M. 4$ & ± M 3SJH
If 0 0 [V] Her eyebrows lifted.
‘Apologize? Why?’
umm? aa-a? ”
►
MOVE SB/STH M3£A/ KSM 2 [VN,
usually +adv./prep.]
to take hold of sb/sth
and move them/it to a different position I
lifted the baby out of the chair.
0
He lifted the suitcase down from the rack. Ao 3 [VN] to
transport people or things by
air $ is: The survivors were lifted to safety by helicopter.
£
M i& A. — see also airlift
►
REMOVE LAW/RULE M MA 4 [VN] to remove or
end restrictions MRU, if-it ( IMJ ) : to lift a
ban/curfew/blockade TA A / W / R fit o Martial
law has now been lifted.
►
HEART/SPIRITS Ajf; flit 5 to become or make sb
more
cheerful A; [V] His heart lifted at the
sight of her. d'MitftAfeATo o
[VN] The
news lifted our spirits. $§&„
►
OF MIST/CLOUDS %; A 6 [V] to rise and
disappear ft ft; iftk mn disperse: The fog began to lift.
WtT o O {figurative) Gradually
my depression started to
uft.
►
STEAL.{|jjgt 7 [VN] ~ sth (from sb/sth) (informal) to steal sth fir &; & &
: He had been lifting electrical goods from the store where he worked.
►
COPY IDEAS/WORDS I'] M M & /
"'W it 8
[VN] to use sb’s
ideas or words without
asking permission or without saying where they come from gftg ; i&ff]; Em
plagiarize : She lifted most of
the ideas from a book she had been reading.
AAS&'AMo
►
VEGETABLES || 9 [VN]
to dig up vegetables or plants from the groundJg i±J, fill Hi, A® ( %) :
to lift potatoes ©J±j&
INCREASE
if tin 10 to make the amount or
level of sth greater; to become greater in amount or level MM; it
tin; ( M ) it A: [VN] Interest
rates were lifted yesterday.
B^AfiJ^MMTo [alsoV]
Hm not lift/raise a finger/hand (to do
sth) (informal)
to do nothing to help sb — fi
ft Ik A#?; M$if£iJ T IP A A: The children
never lift a finger to help around the house. mnn .lift 'off (of a
rocket or, less frequently,
an aircraft Affr, WW tilts Mtltl) to leave the ground and rise into the air #3?
— related noun lift-off
mnoun
►
MACHINE fAfg 1 (BrE) (NAmE elevator) [C] a machine
that carries people or
goods up and down to different levels in a building or a mine fg,M; It’s on the
sixth floor—let’s take the
lift, fe -fc ft Pg fp A % M
BEo — see also chairlift, drag lift, ski lift
►
FREE RIDE &'$$/,:
2 (BrE) (NAmE ride) [C] a free ride in a
car, etc. to a place you want to get to A; IlfM A: I’ll give you a lift to
the station, #J A Jl® fM it # A AMo
0 She hitched a lift on a truck.
AA0
►
HAPPIER FEELING ^>f| 3 [sing.] a feeling of
being happier or more confident than before 2£$#F M 'If; HAM til H771 boost :
Passing the exam gave him a real lift, fill
mm^To
►
RISING MOVEMENT L If.i-ii rJ] 4 [sing.] a movement in which sth rises or
is lifted upH; tn; A; Iff;
the puzzled lift of his
eyebrows A
►
ON AIRCRAFT Mfr?£ 5 [U] the upward
pressure of air on an aircraft when flying ( A fr H M ) tl f\
A , f\ A. — compare drag n.
(5)
lift-off noun [C, U] the act of a spacecraft leaving the ground and
rising into the air ( M A $ M ) A1}, ^ M, - ft
FTT71 blast-off : Ten minutes to
lift-off. M
liga ment /‘ligament/ noun a strong band of tissue in the body that connects bones
and supports organs and keeps them in position -. I’ve tom a ligament.
M
mmmmjo
li gate /lTgeit; NAmE
lai'g-/ verb [VN] (medical K) to tie up an artery or other blood vessel or tube in the body,
with a ligature tgfL, )
►
li-ga-
tion noun [U]
liga ture /'ligatja(r)/ noun (technical A i§) something
that is used for tying sth very tightly, for example to stop the loss of blood
from a wound ( #] M ) ^
a, m, n%\ (MAiufii^M) mm,