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life-and-death

adjective
🔊/ˌlaɪf ən ˈdeθ/
🔊/ˌlaɪf ən ˈdeθ/
(also life-or-death)
[only before noun]
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  1. extremely serious, especially when there is a situation in which people might die生死攸关的；关系重大的
    • a life-and-death decision/struggle生死攸关的决定；生死存亡的斗争
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLife-and-death is used with these nouns:
    • decision
    • situation
    • struggle
    • …
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