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life-or-death

/lahyf-er-deth/US // ˈlaɪf ərˈdɛθ //

生死攸关,生死关头,生死攸关的,生死攸关的事

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : life-and-death.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as invital
Antonyms

Examples

  • I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

  • Asia Bibi, as she is known, was arrested and sentenced to death.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • The most notorious states are Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, where death is an acceptable legal remedy.

  • His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.

  • This is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.

  • Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.

  • Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.

  • We shall recover again some or all of the steadfastness and dignity of the old religious life.

  • It is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.