英语单词“lifeboat”的意思是救生船,读音为:/laɪfbəʊt/。例句如下:
1. If there is no other way, we'll have to wait for help in a lifeboat. 如果无路可走,我们只好乘救生船等待救援。
2. A lifeboat was launched to rescue the survivors. 派出救生艇营救幸存者。
3. After an hours-long wait, a lifeboat finally arrived. 经过一个多小时的等待,救生艇终于到达了。
4. In case of an emergency, everyone is to board a lifeboat. 遇到紧急情况时,所有人都要登上救生艇。
5. There are about thirty people on board the lifeboat. 救生艇上大约有三十人。
6. They managed to launch a lifeboat in time. 他们及时发动了救生艇。
7. Lifeboats were lowered from the stricken ship. 从失事船只上放下救生艇。
8. They are all on board a lifeboat and waiting for help to arrive. 他们都在一艘救生艇上等待救援的到来。
9. He survived on a lifeboat with a group of others for several days. 他和一组其他人乘坐救生艇活了几天。
10. It is important to maintain discipline in a lifeboat at sea. 在海上救生艇里维持纪律是很重要的。
“lifeboat”一般用在紧急情况下,比如船只在海上发生意外时,为了挽救生命或财产而用的船只,强调它的救命性质,这便是它在许多英语国家的船只命名中所含有的深意。并且当事情极度糟糕以至于可能需要少数关键时刻的安全手段(例如求救手段,大量供所有尽可能多的人使用的应急食物和水等)时,“lifeboat”便可以被用来形象地比喻某一特定的情况或状况。