lifesaving
lifesaving — adjective
1. designed or intended to keep someone alive in a dangerous situation, especially
designed or intended to keep someone alive in a dangerous situation, especially by providing urgent medical care, equipment, or rescue
The firefighters used a lifesaving rope to pull the injured hiker up the cliff.
attributive use: lifesaving + equipment noun
Salma's quick application of a lifesaving blanket kept the runner warm until help arrived.
collocation: lifesaving blanket / equipment
The hospital received a shipment of lifesaving medicine for children with serious infections.
The mountain rescue team carried a lifesaving device that could send their location by radio.
- life-saving
same meaning; the hyphenated spelling is more common in British English
- emergency
broader — describes any urgent situation, not only those that prevent death
- rescue
focuses on the act of pulling someone out of danger rather than on the equipment or method used
- deadly
opposite in outcome — deadly things cause death rather than prevent it
文法句型
lifesaving + noun
用法筆記
Always used before a noun that names the thing that saves a life — such as equipment, medicine, or a medical procedure. It cannot stand alone as a predicate (❌ 'The rope was lifesaving').
常見錯誤
lifesaving — noun
1. the set of actions and techniques used to rescue people who are drowning or in d
the set of actions and techniques used to rescue people who are drowning or in danger in water
Ryo learned lifesaving at the local pool and later pulled a child from the water.
collocation: learn lifesaving
After the accident, Lucía's training in lifesaving helped her reach the frightened swimmer quickly.
collocation: training in lifesaving
Ishaan received a certificate in lifesaving after completing the summer course at the lake.
Every summer, the city hires students with lifesaving certificates to watch the public beaches.
- rescue
broader — covers saving people from any danger, not only water
- first aid
related but different — first aid is immediate medical help, which may follow a lifesaving rescue
- water safety
focuses on prevention and safe behaviour rather than active rescue
用法筆記
Although it can refer broadly to any urgent rescue, this sense of lifesaving is most commonly associated with rescues from drowning in pools, lakes, or the ocean.