life support

基本解释

In the new paradigm, queue managers are merely life support for queues and topics.
在新的范式中，队列管理器只是队列和主题的生命保障。
Some of these protesters argued that life support should never be withdrawn from any living person.
这些抗议者中部分人都争辩道永远不应该将生命支撑物从活人身上撤走。
So far it's the only project in the world with an artificial climate and integral life support - just like on the space station.
到目前为止，它就像空间站一样，是世界上唯一具有人工气候和整套生命保障系统的工程项目。

So do empty food containers, space boots,life support systems and an American flag.
I don't think it very relevant whether the death comes about because you withdraw life support, like a ventilator, or because you actually decide to end that child's life by giving the child a lethal injection.
我觉得这也与造成死亡的原因无关,无论是通过撤走维持生命的仪器，比如呼吸机，还是通过药物注射,结束孩子的生命。
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Imagine a body towards the end of life,on life support machinery.
想象一下身体濒死，靠着维持生命的机械存活。
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Europe on life support is no fun for Europe or the rest of the world.
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Life support is a system that is used to keep a person alive when they are very ill and cannot breathe without help.