Every time they lowered a lifeline and flotation ring to him, he passed it on to another of the passengers.

每当他俩降下救生索和救生圈给他，他都要让给另外一个乘客。

It's the economic lifeline of North Korea.

这是朝鲜的经济生命线。

What if the financial lifeline allowed countries to slacken the pace of reforms, or made life easier for Iran?

如果金融生命线能让各国放慢改革的步伐，或者让伊朗的日子好过些呢？

On April 2, his railroad lifeline cut by the North, Lee retreated.

4月2日，他的铁路生命线被北方军切断，李撤退了。

For many, this is a home from home - a lifeline, enabling families to live as normally as possible, during a very precious period of time.

对于许多人来说，这是一个家，一个生命线，在这段非常宝贵的时间里使家人生活尽可能的正常。

They're on the hook, they're waiting with baited breath to see if they'll get a lifeline or if they'll be up the creek.

它们落网，他们在诱饵吸，他们是否会得到救生索，或者他们是否会爬小溪。

Corridors like this offer a lifeline for far-roaming jaguars, to more prey, mates and territory.

这样的走廊为远行的美洲豹提供了一条得以生存的生命线，它们能找到更多的猎物、配偶和领土。

Especially during the pandemic. I mean, these stores have been a lifeline to Starbucks because they kept running and people could easily queue up and go and not have to enter an actual cafe.

特别是在新冠疫情期间。我的意思是，这些商店是星巴克的生命线，因为它们一直在营业，人们可以很轻松地就去排队，而不需要进入真正的咖啡馆。

So computers that I assumed were for checking-out books, or, you know, looking at emails, were in fact a lifeline for folks who are searching for jobs and housing.

我以前以为是用来借阅书籍或者查邮件的电脑。事实是那些在找工作和住处的人们的生命线。

And for the blind, these dogs are a lifeline.

对于盲人来说，这些狗是命脉。

“So I think they will keep the lifeline in place for North Korea.”

“我想中国会维持朝鲜这条生命线的。”

Your donation of US $150 million has thrown a lifeline to thousands of Afghan people.

你们捐助的1.5亿美元为成千万的阿富汗人民带来了希望。

I would like to use my lifeline.

我得求救了。

For those in dire need, these options may be a lifeline.

对于那些急需帮助的人，这些选择可能是救命稻草。

It's a lifeline connecting the West to the outside world.

这是条连接西部与外面世界的生命线。

Drinking in these memories from time to time is her lifeline.

时不时沉浸在这些回忆中是她的救命稻草。

The United Nations secretary general Antonio Gutierrez has expressed his disappointment that the Security Council had failed to extend a crucial border crossing from Turkey into Syria, which has been a lifeline for aid into opposition held areas.

联合国安理会未能延长从土耳其到叙利亚的关键边境口岸的开通期限，秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯对此表示失望，该口岸一直是援助物资进入反对派控制区的生命补给线。

Monday morning, 80 percent of the capital's water off following a new barrage of Russian airstrikes, spigots not use since the war began a lifeline again, but not unexpected.

周一早，在俄罗斯新一轮的空袭之后，首都80%的水源被迫切断，自战争开始以来，没有使用的水龙头再次成为救命稻草，但这并不意外。

He took his mobile phone with him when he fled Demascas and says this small piece of technology is his lifeline to his family, both hearing their voices and seeing pictures he saved on his phone.

而另一位在逃离大马士革后随身携带手机，他表示这小块技术物品是自己和家人的生命连接线, 他的电话中存储家人的声音及照片。

And it's quite notable that the government's intervention is a huge lifeline for the tech industry - right? - an industry that historically has been pretty hostile to government regulation and oversight.

值得注意的是，政府干预是科技行业的一条巨大救生索，对吧? ——这个行业过去一直对政府的监管、监督持敌对态度。