Every time they lowered a lifeline and flotation ring to him, he passed it on to another of the passengers.

每当他俩降下救生索和救生圈给他，他都要让给另外一个乘客。

Fathers that have been absent, regardless of their past mistakes, deserve a lifeline.

缺席的父亲，无论他们过去犯过什么错误，都应该得到救生索。

Seriously, max.This new cupcake business is our lifeline.

说正经的 Max 纸杯蛋糕生意 就是我们的救生索。

Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me first lifeline.

这时我遇到或者说认识了抛给我一根救生索的那位夫人。

They're on the hook, they're waiting with baited breath to see if they'll get a lifeline or if they'll be up the creek.

它们落网，他们在诱饵上等吸，看看他们是否会得到救生索，或者他们是否会爬上小溪。

For at some moment in the water he must have realized that he would not live if he continued to hand over the rope and ring to others.

在水中的某一刻，他肯定想到了如果他继续把救生索和救生圈让给别人的话，自己就无法生还。

And it's quite notable that the government's intervention is a huge lifeline for the tech industry - right? - an industry that historically has been pretty hostile to government regulation and oversight.

值得注意的是，政府干预是科技行业的一条巨大救生索，对吧? ——这个行业过去一直对政府的监管、监督持敌对态度。