afloat
[ə'fləut]
adj.漂浮的, 在海(船)上的, 无欠债的, 浸满水的, 在流传中的
adv.飘浮地, 在海(船)上, 在流传中, 免于经济困难地
例句与用法:
Which do you prefer, life on land or life afloat?
你喜欢哪一种生活,陆上生活还是水上生活?
A ship is afloat.
一条船漂浮在水上。
a.[F]
1. 飘浮着的
2. 在船上的; 在海上的
3. 漂流着的
4. 浸满水的
The lower deck is afloat.
下层甲板浸满了水。
5. 在流传中的
Rumors of a revolt were afloat.
叛变的谣言四起。
6. 免于经济困难(或负债)的
He kept the business afloat.
他努力使商行维持下去。
ad.
1. 飘浮着
set a ship afloat
使船浮到水面上
2. 在船上; 在海上
3. 漂流着
4. 浸满着水
5. 在流传中
6. 免于经济困难(或负债)地
afloat
同义词:
floating | contingent | awash | flooded | under water | submerged | directionless | adrift | overflowing | undirected | rudderless | planless | inundated | aimless |
反义词:
词义辨析:
同义参见:
floating
contingent
反义:
ad.浮着; 在海上
ashore
afloat[ə'fləut]adj. [一般作表语],adv.1.■(在水上或空中)飘浮着(的),漂浮不定的(地),浮动的(地)2.■在船上(的);在海上(的)3.■为水所淹的(地),被水覆盖的(地),(甲板等)浸满着(的);泛滥的(地)4.■漂泊不定的(地),漂泊流浪(的),漂流着(的)5.■(消息、谣言等)在流传中(的),流传着(的),在传播中(的);不胫而走(的)6.■(经济上)应付自如的(地),免于经济困难的(地);无债务的(地);有偿付能力的(地)7.■在积极进行中(的),在开展中(的),活动起来(的)
afloatafloat[əˈfləut]adj.1.■[多作表语],
词性变化afloat[əˈfləut]adv.1.■漂浮(的), (能)航行的2.■在海[船]上3.■为海浪所冲打(的), 浸在水中, 泛滥4.■免于经济困难的5.■漂浮不定, (计划等)尚未定案6.■流传, 散播7.■【商】(票据等)可流通keep afloat使...漂浮不沉; 使...流通; 使...不致负债all the shipping afloat航行中的船只总数always safely afloat保持安全浮泊cargo afloat在途货物, 运输中货物currency afloat流通中货币discharge afloat船上卸货goods afloat路货, 未卸货, 未到货, 在海运途中的货物, 进行交易时或订约前已装运在海上的货物not always afloat不担保船舶经常浮泊sale afloat运输途中销售, 卖路货stock afloat路货, 海运途中货物get (a newspaper) afloat发行(一份报纸)set (rumours) afloat散布(谣言)The inheritance kept them afloat for years.遗产使他们好多年免于经济困难。Our plans are afloat.我们的计划尚未定案。
adjective & adverb
- floating in water; not sinking
漂浮在水上的(地);不沉的(地)
[as adv.]they trod water to keep afloat.
他们踩着水保持飘浮。
[as predic. adj]the canoes were still afloat.
轻舟仍在飘荡。
■on board a ship or boat
在船(或艇)上的(地)
[as adv.]flotilla sailing is a sociable way to explore while living afloat.
小艇队航行是一种生活在船上社交性的探险方式。
■(figurative)out of debt or difficulty
(喻)摆脱债务(或困难)
[as adv.]professional management will be needed to keep firms afloat.
让公司摆脱困境需要专业的管理。
■in general circulation; current
在流传中(的);当前(的)
- Old English 'on flote' (see a-, float),influenced in Middle English by Old Norse áflot(i) and Old French en flot
afloat
形容词 afloat:
aimlessly drifting
同义词:adrift, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected
borne on the water; floating
covered with water
同义词:awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing
afloat
■"SUITABLE VESSEL" MEANS VESSEL, WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR ENTERING AND LEAVING (WHEN LOADED) THE DISCHARGING PORT ALWAYS SAFELY AFLOAT AND FOR DISCHARGING AT THE DISCHARGING PORT.
"适用船只"指适于在船承载情况下进出卸货港,并且总能安全漂浮在海上,以及适于在卸货港卸货的船只。
■Little Tee-wee, He went to sea, In an open boat; And while afloat, The little boat bended, My story's ended.
一个小弟弟,漂泊在海面,只身没有伴;乘只小木船,小木船变弯,故事已讲完。
■Academic researchers who rely on industry money to stay afloat are being pressured by drug companies to put a favorable spin on clinical trial results, said Marcia angell.
一些学术研究人员依靠公司赞助的钱来维持研究工作的运转。
■Set afloat eg: A rival company has set afloat a new credit scheme.
一家竞争的公司已开始实施一项新信用购物方案。
■A rival company has set afloat a new credit scheme.
一家竞争的公司已开始实施一项新的信用购物方案。
■If you throw a handful of straw into a river, some of it stays afloat even in a rapids.
一把稻草投在河里,即使到急流险滩也总有些稻草可以不沉。
■For a moment, before all fades to night, the spectators both afloat and ashore share this beautiful picture of universal brightness and magical color.
一时间,呈现出一幅光的天地、色的世界。
■A ship is afloat.
一条船漂浮在水上。
■A stricken merchant struggles to stay afloat in the Atlantic.
一艘被击伤的商船在大西洋上艰难地漂浮。
■The lower deck is afloat.
下层甲板浸满了水。
■After the rain the whole cellar was afloat.
下雨后,地下室全进水了。
■Then power prices crashed; a state bail-out left the company just afloat, but its shares were almost worthless.
不幸的是随后发生股市崩盘;国家对“英国能源”伸出的援助之手虽使其不致欠债,但彼时它所拥有的股份几乎不值一钱。
■Couldn't keep the business afloat.
不能维持业务顺利进行
■Likewise, ultra-lean supply chains no longer look like such a brilliant idea when you have to find cash to keep afloat a supplier that cannot get even basic trade credit.
与此相似,过度依靠供给链也不再是个明智的决断,因为你不得不筹得现金确保你那些连最基本的商业信用都无法获得的供应商照常生产。
■When Mary Dooley's husband is killed in the night's events, she knows she must graft to keep the family afloat.
中文概要:黑暗的都市角落,看三代女性如何迎战罪恶的冲击。
■Keeping the idea afloat, Senator Donahue made a point of travelling tourist class himself, by air, informing the press before each journey.
为了使人们对这件事的兴趣经久不衰,唐纳休参议员本人坐班机旅行总是坐旅游舱、而且每出行之前都要通知新闻界。
■To keep the ark afloat, Serafin works 365 days a year and sleeps only five hours a night.
为了让方舟顺利运作,塞拉玢全年午休地工作,每晚只睡5小时。
■The fisherman was bailing out the water to keep his boat afloat.
为了防止船沉入水中,这个渔民正在排出船内的水。
■Mrs Montagu, learned, respectable and rich, curled her lip at poor Laetitia Pilkington, who started writing for pure pleasure but was then forced to use her pen to keep afloat in a harsh world.
丽蒂茜娅早年涉足写作纯粹出于兴趣,到了博学正派又阔气的蒙塔古夫人冷语讥诮的时候,可怜的丽蒂茜娅已经困窘到只能靠写作在凉薄的人世谋生。
■Cynics will tell you that Kenyon is just doing his job, keeping the ship afloat until the summer when certain members of the crew will jump or be pushed overboard.
也许会有尖刻的人说,肯扬不过是在做本职工作,以保证在今年夏天某些人跳槽或被迫出国之前,切尔西这艘船能够平稳航行。
■The Buyer to provide one good and safe berth for discharging, which is available on vessels arrival, always accessible, where the vessel can safely berth alongside and lie always afloat.
买方要提供一个良好安全的泊位以供卸货,让货船一但到达就能进入并始终能安全的停靠和漂浮。
■Schwartz argues, the same thing.In fact, by keeping otherwise insolvent banks afloat, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury have actually prolonged the crisis.
事实上,由于持有问题银行的股权,银行可以免于倒闭,但是金融市场的问题并没有解决,联储和财政部只是在拖延危机而已。
■Among people, ambiguity in sexuality and indefinable emotions, cause them to drift afloat endlessly.
人与人之间,性别的模糊化,情感的无法划分定位,造就了她他们漂浮的缺乏节制的游离状态。
■Icebergs afloat today are made of snowflakes that have fallen over long ages of time.
今天的冰山由多年前降落的雪花形成。
■The Orpheum Wiener House stayed afloat all through the Great Depression.
从大萧条开始到结束,俄尔甫香肠之家一直没有垮。
■He couldn't swim but a large piece of wood kept him afloat.
他不会游泳,但一块大木板使他飘浮了起来。
■He could not swim and only a life jacket kept him afloat.
他不会游泳,只是穿了救生衣才没有沉入水中。
■They made a raft and set it afloat.
他们做了一个筏子,使它漂浮在水上。
■Many of them have yet to find a job after being laid off during the economic downturn, while others are people who live from hand to mouth, earning barely enough to pay rent and keep their families afloat.
他们其中好些是被裁退还没找到工作,有些则是收入 仅仅足够养家、供屋,属于手停口停的阶层。
■Many of them have yet to find a job after being laid off during the economic downturn,while others are people who live from hand to mouth,earning barely enough to pay rent and keep their families afloat.
他们其中好些是被裁退还没找到工作,有些则是收入仅仅足够养家、供屋,属于手停口停的阶层。
■They had to sell their assets to keep the business afloat.
他们得售卖资产使企业免于负债。
■They set rumours afloat about her.
他们散布有关她的谣言。
■He kept the business afloat.
他努力使商行维持下去。
■He soaked his clothes in oil to protect himself from the cold ocean water and help him stay afloat.
他把衣服浸入油里,保护身体不受冰凉海水侵袭,并有助于在海水中停留。
■Hurling his arms and legs around wildly, he kept afloat but wasted much effort.
他用胳膊和腿在水中乱划, 这样虽可以漂浮, 但却白费了许多力气。
■Hurling his arms and legs about wildly,he kept afloat but wasted much effort.
他用胳膊和腿在水中乱扑腾,这样虽然可以漂浮,但却白费了很多力气。
■His business is facing difficulties, but it is staying afloat.
他的生意遇到一些困难,但还能维持。
■He knows that few men are skillful or strong or lucky enough to keep a skill afloat in these wild waters.
他知道没有几个人有充分的技巧、力量、与幸运,能在这样狂野的水上使船不沉。
■He clung tightly to the raft to keep himself afloat.
他紧紧地贴在木筏上,好让自己浮在水面。
■He keeps himself afloat by industry and economy.
他靠勤劳、节俭保持兴旺发达。
■He kept afloat by treading water.
他靠踩水来保持身体不向下沉。
■It's afloat that she is going to marry.
传说她要结婚。
■But the question we really should be asking is: why keep insolvent banks afloat?
但我们真正应该问的是,为什么要保住这些无力偿债的银行?
■Instead, the twins sometimes pay the interest into the pool to keep the loans afloat.
但相反的是,两家公司有时自己向资产池中支付应付的利息以维持贷款的流通。
■The remainder were forced to shed hundreds of businesses or divisions in order to keep afloat and concentrate on what they did best.
余下的企业为求生存,不得不从各种产业中退出,或者裁掉部分分支机构,专注做自己最擅长的领域。
■In return, Eritrea probably got a lot of Arab cash and petrol to keep its economy afloat.
作为回报,厄收取阿拉伯国家大量现金和石油,并以此保证自身免于经济困难。
■You can stay afloat by kicking constantly.
你不断的踢可以保持浮起来。
■Which do you prefer,life on land or life afloat.
你喜欢哪一种生活,陆上生活还是水上生活?
■Which do you prefer, life on land or life afloat?
你喜欢哪一种生活,陆上生活还是水上生活?
■Which do you prefer: life on land or life afloat?
你喜欢那一种生活:陆上生活还是海上飘浮生活?