lifeblood

1. N-SING The lifeblood of an organization, area, or person is the most important thing that they need in order to exist, develop, or be successful. 生命線[usu with poss]

Small businesses are the lifeblood of the economy. 小型企業(yè)是經(jīng)濟的生力軍。

Coal and steel were the region's lifeblood. 煤炭和鋼鐵曾是這個地區(qū)的生命線。