life support
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- noun
- /laɪf səˈpɔrt/
:
sistema de soporte vital
- The astronauts relied on their life support systems to survive during their long mission in space.
- a life-support system
At that point, your life support system is as vulnerable to us as ours is to you, and yours is more vulnerable.
- At that point, your life support system is as vulnerable to us as ours is to you, and yours is more vulnerable.
- The main bottleneck has to do with life support and the human.
Examples
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Each person's landing pod had enough life support for two years.
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Warning, remaining life support 4.7 hours.
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Warning, remaining life support 1.3 hours.
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It's our blood, our life support system.
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The Event Horizon only had life support for eighteen months.
Fiction book (1997) -
The clearest proof of this is found in decisions about providing life support to patients who are brain dead.
Academic text (1994) -
Taken to Tulane University Hospital, he was placed on life support Saturday night; he died Tuesday.
Blog text (24) -
Basic life support involves maintenance of the airway, breathing, and circulation until recovery or death.
Academic text (2012) -
Removed from life support in 1976, Quinlan died of pneumonia nine years later.
Academic text (2000) -
That little hum you're hearing, that's our life support.
Synonyms
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Equipment that keeps a person alive by doing the body's most important jobs
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A suit that protects a person and helps them survive dangerous conditions
How Life-Sustaining
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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4.4
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'support' that is for 'life' = assistance essential for survival, so a learner who knows both words can infer the medical or figurative sense. This construction is transparent and parallels expressions in many languages, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Life support also comes from the same image of life plus support in dangerous places. It describes systems that give air, water, or heat in submarines or spacecraft so people can 'survive'.