life preserver

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Alright, I'll go and take my life preserver. Promise me nothing bad will happen.
那好吧，我去拿救生圈。你要保證我沒事。
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.
據(jù)克里斯蒂拍賣行估計(jì)，這件救生衣能拍到6萬至8萬美元。該拍賣行去年曾在倫敦拍出一件“泰坦尼克號”救生衣，當(dāng)時的拍價為11.9萬美元。
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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."
有人甚至憤怒的說:“這就好比像是要求一個溺水的人必須說出他要一個救生圈，不然你不幫他一樣”。

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A life preserver is something such as a jacket, belt or ring, which helps you to float when you have fallen into deep water.