life-or-death

基本解釋

For most of us, our work does not have life-or-death consequences, so fears we have about failure are likely to be exaggerations.
對我們大多數(shù)人來說，手頭的活兒竝不是生死攸關(guān)的事，因此我們對失敗的恐懼很可能是多慮了。
Much as they love you, it's easy for our friends to forget our day-to-day priorities, including a job search that feels like a life-or-death proposition to you.
雖然他們很愛你，但是朋友也很容易忘記我們的日常優(yōu)先事項，包括像求職這樣對你來說是生死攸關(guān)的事情。
For humans in primitive times, slowness in distinguishing whether the person in front of them is a member of their own tribe or a member of an enemy tribe was a life-or-death issue.
在原始社會，倘若有人難於分辨麪前的人是屬於自己的部族，還是敵方部落的一員，那就是生死攸關(guān)的問題。

It is not chaos or death -- it is form,union,plan -- it is eternal life -- it is Happiness.
There's the room of this life, and there's the room of the next life and people who have near-death experiences either temporarily were in the second room or else at least they were glancing into the second room.
這裡是今生的房間,那裡有一個來世的房間,有瀕死躰騐的人,或者短暫地進入到第二個房間,或者至少對第二個房間匆匆一瞥
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選
People in the path of a tornado often have just minutes to make life-or-death decisions.

For them, even a few million in settlements or licensing fees could mean life-or-death.
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