汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 命在旦夕
命在旦夕
to be at death's door (idiom)
见"命在朝夕"。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

医生告诉我那位老人命在旦夕了。

The doctor told me that the old man might go off any time.

当你的朋友命在旦夕,救人一命实在不算什么英雄但是只是竖立一面国旗?

All your friends dying. it's hard enough to be called a hero for saving somebody's life. But for putting up a pole?

如果你找不到那把巨小的螺丝刀,那你孩子带发光二极管的玩具可就命在旦夕了。

Your children's toys equipped with LEDs are in extreme danger if you can ever find that tiny screwdriver.

另一方面,凶手正也准备使用〝请君入瓮〞计谋对付汤姆,如今命在旦夕的汤姆该如何破解凶手的犯罪手法? 。

On the other hand, the perpetrators are also prepared to use "please enter urn" scheme to deal with Tom, Tom now has a limited life how to crack the killer"s modus operandi?

所以情况持续恶化,那些现在无甚大碍的病人很可能两三天后就命在旦夕,也就意味着人们会死于本来可防可控的感染病。

So, it's getting worse because the patients who were not critical only three days ago, are now in critical phases. This means that people will die from preventable infections.