life preserver

常见例句

Alright, I'll go and take my life preserver. Promise me nothing bad will happen.
那好吧，我去拿救生圈。你要保证我没事。
Christie's, which estimated that the life preserver would sell for $60,000 to $80,000, sold another Titanic life jacket last year in London for $119,000.
据克里斯蒂拍卖行估计，这件救生衣能拍到6万至8万美元。该拍卖行去年曾在伦敦拍出一件“泰坦尼克号”救生衣，当时的拍价为11.9万美元。
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Nor should she have had to, her aides insist. Fumed one: "That's like telling a drowning man that you are not going to help him until he asks for a life preserver."
有人甚至愤怒的说:“这就好比像是要求一个溺水的人必须说出他要一个救生圈，不然你不帮他一样”。

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