lifeline

命綱、救いの手

苦しい時に、どうしても必要となる助けや支え。

やさしい英語で： Help or support that someone badly needs during a difficult time.

• This money is a lifeline.
• The bus service provides a lifeline for older residents.
• Her weekly calls became my lifeline during that difficult year.

使い方： a lifeline for someone/something (The loan was a lifeline for the small business.)

類義語： vital support, saving grace

よく使う表現： provide a lifeline, lifeline for someone, lifeline to someone

命綱

溺れたり落下したりしないよう、人がつかまったり体につないだりする綱。

やさしい英語で： A rope that someone holds or is attached to so they do not drown or fall.

• She grabbed the lifeline.
• The crew threw a lifeline to the swimmer.
• Each climber was attached to a lifeline.

類義語： safety line, rescue rope

よく使う表現： throw a lifeline, grab a lifeline, hold a lifeline

生命線、補給路

生きるために必要な物資を人々に届ける経路やサービス。

やさしい英語で： A route or service that brings supplies people need to survive.

• The road is our lifeline.
• Floods cut the village's only lifeline to the outside world.
• Ships kept this island lifeline open throughout the winter.

類義語： supply route

よく使う表現： vital lifeline, lifeline to somewhere, supply lifeline

生命線

手のひらの親指近くにある曲線で、手相占いで人生を読むとされる線。

やさしい英語で： A curved line on the palm near the thumb, used by people who claim to predict lives.

• Her lifeline curves around her thumb.
• The palm reader examined his lifeline.
• Do both hands have equally clear lifelines?

類義語： life line

よく使う表現： long lifeline, read a lifeline, short lifeline