核心畫面

Think of someone going under — under the water, or under an illness — and something or someone reaching in and pulling them back before it is too late. Both meanings hold that one picture. The adjective names the thing that does the pulling back: the operation, the drug, the machine. The noun names the skill of doing it in water, learned on purpose and until it works.

可以想成一個人正在往下沉:沉進水裡,或沉進一場重病。然後有另一個人、或一台機器,在來不及之前把他拉回來。life-s更多收起可以想成一個人正在往下沉:沉進水裡,或沉進一場重病。然後有另一個人、或一台機器,在來不及之前把他拉回來。life-saving 的兩個意思都停在這個畫面上。形容詞指的是「把人拉回來的那個東西」——手術、藥、設備。名詞指的是「在水裡把人拉回來的那套本事」,是特地學來、練到用得出來的。

Two branches

救命的(醫療上的治療與設備)

核心畫面裡「伸手把人拉回來」的那個東西,在醫院裡就是手術、藥物和機器。

adjective · B1

Used about medical treatment, medicine or equipment that stops someone from dying.

救命的

救生:把溺水的人救起來的技術

同一個畫面搬到水邊:這裡伸出去的不是藥或機器,而是一雙受過訓練的手。

noun · B2

The set of skills used to save a person from drowning, and the training that teaches them.

救生(救溺)技術