life-support
UK/'laifsə'pɔ:t/US/'laɪfsəp'ɔ:t/
释义
n.
Medical equipment or treatment that keeps a patient alive when vital functions fail.
生命支持系统；维生设备
词根拆分
原生英语liferoot
+
-connector
+
supportroot
=life-support
life + support = 支持（维持）生命，医学复合词。
常用搭配
- 1.on life-support依靠生命支持
- 2.life-support machine维生机器
- 3.life-support system生命支持系统
例句
- 1.
She has been on life-support for two weeks.
她已经依靠生命支持系统维持了两周。
- 2.
The family decided to take him off life-support.
家属决定撤除他的生命支持系统。