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line RAILWAYlaInn [C](the route followed by) a railway track铁路线Get off the line! There's a train coming!离开铁路！火车要来了！They should reopen some of the lines that were closed in the sixties.他们应重新开放六十年代关闭的一些铁路线。The Northern Line is the worst on the London Underground.北部的铁路线是伦敦地铁中最差的。Main line services can be very quick, but travelling on the branch lines is much slower.铁路主干线速度很快，支线就慢多了。We need more investment in commuter lines to persuade people to leave their cars at home.我们需要更多地对交通线路进行投资以劝说人们把汽车留在家中。Your stop is at the end of the line, so don't worry about falling asleep.你到终点站下车，因此不要担心睡过头。The end of the line is the point where it is no longer possible to continue with something.尽头，无路可走We've struggled on for as long as we could, but now we're at the end of the line.我们曾坚持不懈地斗争，但现在已走到穷途末路。When the bank refused to lend us any more money we realised we'd reached the end of the line.当银行拒绝给我们贷款时我们意识到我们是山穷水尽了。I don't know what went wrong with our relationship, but somewhere along the line (= at an unknown moment during the relationship) we just stopped loving each other.我不知道我们的关系到底怎么了，但不知什么时候起我们已不再喜欢对方了。The project's been plagued with financial problems all along the line (= ever since the beginning).该项目一直受到资金问题的困挠。(esp. Am) Professor Tolley opposes the plan, but Dr Johnson agrees with us right down the line (= completely).托利教授反对该计划，但约翰逊教授全力支持我们。
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