| 释义 |
life-or-death, a.
[See life n. 1 c.]
= life-and-death a.
1897G. B. Shaw Our Theatres in Nineties (1932) III. 146 We should have had the ablest manager of the day driven by life-or-death necessity to extract from contemporary literature the proper food for the modern side of his talent. 1932― Platform & Pulpit (1962) 241 They will finally get rid of Parliament because they have a life-or-death pressure of necessity behind them. 1973J. Wainwright Touch of Malice 134 The impression of life-or-death efficiency. |