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单词 life-threatening
释义
life-threatening
adjective [oft adverb ADJECTIVE]
If someone has a life-threatening illness or is in a life-threatening situation, there is a strong possibility that the illness or the situation will kill them.
Caitlin was born with a life-threatening heart abnormality.
Synonyms: fatal, deathly, deadly, lethal  
Collocations:
life-threatening accident
It's not conducive to safe motoring, and just think how it'll look if there's a life-threatening accident.
Times, Sunday Times
Faced with his friend's life-threatening accident, he was at a loss to know what to do: should he film this tragic next chapter?
Times, Sunday Times
There must be a way to harness these amazing abilities without suffering a life-threatening accident.
The Sun
People who have achieved a special feat or survived a life-threatening accident receive it.
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He uses his newfound invulnerability to collect insurance money and cheap thrills by hurling himself into life-threatening accidents.
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life-threatening consequences
The errors referred to by the agency could include patients being given the wrong surgery, medication or tests with potentially life-threatening consequences.
Times, Sunday Times
The handling of an aggressive, powerful animal was a practical issue with life-threatening consequences for the farmer.
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This can have life-threatening consequences, such as necrosis (cellular death) for the struck organism.
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life-threatening risk
He marveled at their understanding of global politics and environmental science, given the life-threatening risk rising ocean levels pose to their island home.
Christianity Today
This situation could mean a life-threatening risk and there have been instances of serious accidents and even terminal injuries.
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For heroic performance to rise to this level it must be clearly established that the act involved very specific life-threatening risk to the awardee.
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life-threatening situation
She's in an induced coma and it's a life-threatening situation.
Times, Sunday Times
Despite being in a potentially life-threatening situation, the team were confident they'd survive.
The Sun
I can't stand the idea of intrusive surgery unless it's a life-threatening situation.
Times, Sunday Times
He was telling her he needed insulin, immediately, and that it was a life-threatening situation.
Times, Sunday Times
He was said to be in a life-threatening situation with burns to his face, legs and chest.
The Sun
life-threatening symptom
Thus, in 2012-13, more than 2,200 patients with life-threatening symptoms had to wait more than an hour for an ambulance.
Times, Sunday Times
We believe a third of the young people with the condition live isolated and limited lives as a result of their acutely embarrassing and sometimes life-threatening symptoms.
The Sun
Flu can cause a myriad of severe, even life-threatening symptoms, including seizures.
Globe and Mail
We are seeing life-threatening symptoms.
The Sun
Each year a paltry 6,000 are seen in hospital casualty departments and only a quarter need to be there because they are experiencing life-threatening symptoms such as difficulty in breathing.
Times, Sunday Times
potentially life-threatening
I checked, and it was at a potentially life-threatening level.
The Sun
The pair are to receive an award for 'professionalism, bravery and perseverance in a potentially life-threatening incident'.
The Sun
The errors referred to by the agency could include patients being given the wrong surgery, medication or tests with potentially life-threatening consequences.
Times, Sunday Times
Despite being in a potentially life-threatening situation, the team were confident they'd survive.
The Sun
Introducing foreign tissue runs the risk of a potentially life-threatening immune reaction.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 威胁生命的
Japanese: 命にかかわる
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