afloat
常考释义
1.(在水上)漂浮floating on water
Somehow we kept the boat afloat.我们想办法使船没有下沉。
2.有偿债能力;能维持下去having enough money to pay debts; able to survive
They will have to borrow £10 million next year, just to stay afloat .明年他们得举债 1 000 万英镑才能维持下去。
The Federal Reserve would have to pump huge sums of money into the market to keep other banks afloat after Salomon failed to pay them.
在所罗门无力向其他银行进行支付后,美联储将不得不向市场注入巨额资金,以维持其他银行的运转。
Keep Greece afloat for a couple of years and the rest of the eurozone will be robust enough to withstand the shock of a default.
只要再硬撑希腊两三年,欧元区其它地区的状况就可变得更加健康,足以抵御一场违约造成的冲击。
That seems to be the mission of the finance industry as a whole: to keep everyone afloat.
这似乎是金融业整体的一个使命:让所有的支持供应者幸存下来。
The relationship between the government and public is like that of a ship and water. Water can keep the ship afloat or sink it.
政府与民众的关系就像是水和舟的关系,水能载舟亦能覆舟。
Even if this two crazy kids can't work it out, nice to see that they're doing their part to keep the publishing industry afloat.
尽管这两个疯狂的孩子未能解决这件事情本身,但是他俩都为出版业的发展尽了自己的一份力,也算是件好事儿吧。
It had 16 watertight compartments that would hold the ship afloat even in the event that four of the compartments were damaged.
它有16个密封层,其中四个即使毁坏它也可以使轮船飘浮起来。
In a recession it's too easy to focus on keeping the ship afloat rather than developing employee's careers.
在经济不景气时期,公司很容易就会将精力放在怎样生存而不是员工的职业发展上。
White House budget officials have already scaled back estimates of how much money they might need to keep the financial system afloat.
白宫负责预算的官员已经按比例的缩减了对于他们可能需要多少钱才能免于经济困难的估计。
The ship was designed to be the last word in comfort and luxury and was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage.
泰坦尼克号最终被设计成为豪华奢侈型的游轮,在它进行处女航时都是海上最大的船只。
Under current law, when a lender forgives part of a mortgage to help its customer stay afloat, that amount is treated as taxable income.
根据当前的法律,当贷款人原谅一部分的抵押帮助它的顾客渡过难关,数额对待应纳税收入。
In a suburb of Jakarta, children drifting in poverty seem to have found a lifebuoy to keep them afloat in the Nurul Iman Islamic School.
雅加达近郊漂流的孩子,在努鲁亚伊曼习经院,找到一根浮木支撑。
The burden fell away, leaving me afloat, and I was a spectator witnessing the nearest to a love scene I would ever see between them.
压力逐渐消失,留下我一个人空虚地就像漂浮在海面一样,我是个旁观者,这是我见证他们俩之间的关系最接近爱的时刻。
No one would have looked at her twice except to wonder how she stayed afloat, and that was exactly why Davos was sailing on her.
除非是疑心她为何仍然浮着,没人会多看一眼,而这也正是为何戴佛斯会乘她出航。
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。
The ship he commanded was the largest afloat at the time of her maiden voyage.
他指挥的这条船在其首航时是海上最大的漂浮物了。
Since the potential damage to the wider economy was so great, taxpayers have had no choice but to keep the system afloat.
在这种情形下,整体经济可能遭受巨大损害,为此,纳税人别无选择,只能为金融体系纾困。
In the case of a plane, it's the difference in pressure on the top and bottom of its wings that keeps the craft afloat.
就飞机来说,是机翼的上面和下面承受的压力不同,使得飞机可以保持在空中。
The fifty-foot whale was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat.
第五十英尺的鲸鱼是沉重的陷阱,使她挣扎生存下去几百英镑。
I refused to let these companies become permanent wards of the state, kept afloat on an endless supply of taxpayer money.
我不会任凭这些公司成为国家永久的负担,靠纳税人的源源不断提供血汗钱而生存。
It quietly afloat while the cloud is flowing light, as if no weight, her heart by no means heavy.
那静静地浮着的云是轻盈而飘逸的,好像再也没有了重量,她的心绝不沉重。
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