| 单词 | on life support |
| 释义 | > as lemmason life support 2. The support of life by artificial means; the use of life-support systems or equipment (see sense B. 1). Frequently in on life support. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1962 Science 25 May 725/2 A symposium on ‘Life Support in Space: Basic Physiology and Systems Design’. 1974 National Observer (U.S.) 9 Mar. 4/3 The hospital, once life support was begun, was committed to it... To follow the parents' wishes would have been to violate medical precepts. It was the difference between not starting life support at all and terminating it. 1979 Stanford Law Rev. 31 931 They may keep patients on life-support when they are required to withdraw treatment. 1987 Skin Diver Aug. 160/2 Bell Diving..may be part of a saturation dive or simply a means of getting someone to a deep, hazardous job with less stress and with better, closer life support available in or at the bell. 1993 Harper's Mag. Dec. 24/2 The protocol is used only with patients who are dependent on life-sustaining technology and only after they (or their families) have explicitly requested that their life support be removed and their organs be donated for transplants. 2000 Nation (N.Y.) 4 Dec. 8/1 The laws of the state..keep the party system on life support by preferring two parties above all others. < as lemmas |
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