If the life support comes off as scheduled in 2010, we can expect a few bruising setbacks.

如果生命支持系统按计划于2010年停运，我们可以料想会发生一些挫折，遭受打击。

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The oceans are the life support system of the planet yet everything that happens on land eventually impacts the oceans.

海洋是我们这个星球的生命支持系统，陆地上发生的一切最终都将影响海洋。

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She was kept on life support through the afternoon so family and friends could say goodbye.

那个下午给她用了生命支持系统，以便家人和朋友可以和她道别。

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But they found no evidence to support the idea that King Tut's life had ended in violence.

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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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Atop this vehicle would sit a capsule, called Orion, equipped with the life support technologies able to sustain humans on long-duration missions.

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The problem for the banks is that turning off the life support machine on distressed property could cause too many losses for their balance sheets to bear.

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What is known right now is that the craft will be about 10 tons, and about half of the total space will be taken up by the life support equipment.

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