afloat

US [əˈfloʊt]
UK [əˈfləʊt]
  • adv.漂浮；传播；在海上；在船上
  • adj.（在水上）漂浮；有偿债能力；能维持下去
  • Web漂浮的；浮着；漂浮着的

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afloat
adj.
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。

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AllAll,漂浮漂浮,传播传播,在海上在海上,在船上在船上,有偿债能力有偿债能力,能维持下去能维持下去,漂浮的漂浮的,浮着浮着,漂浮着的漂浮着的
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1.
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。
zài suǒ luó mén wú lì xiàng qí tā yín háng jìn xíng zhī fù hòu , měi lián chǔ jiāng bù dé bù xiàng shì chǎng zhù rù jù é zī jīn , yǐ wéi chí qí tā yín háng de yùn zhuǎn 。
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2.
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。
zhǐ yào zài yìng chēng xī là liǎng sān nián , ōu yuán qū qí tā dì qū de zhuàng kuàng jiù kě biàn de gèng jiā jiàn kāng , zú yǐ dǐ yù yī chǎng wéi yuē zào chéng de chōng jī 。
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3.
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。
zhè sì hū shì jīn róng yè zhěng tǐ de yī gè shǐ mìng : ràng suǒ yǒu de zhī chí gōng yìng zhě xìng cún xià lái 。
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4.
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。
zhèng fǔ yǔ mín zhòng de guān xì jiù xiàng shì shuǐ hé zhōu de guān xì , shuǐ néng zǎi zhōu yì néng fù zhōu 。
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5.
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。
jǐn guǎn zhè liǎng gè fēng kuáng de hái zi wèi néng jiě jué zhè jiàn shì qíng běn shēn , dàn shì tā liǎ dōu wèi chū bǎn yè de fā zhǎn jìn le zì jǐ de yī fèn lì , yě suàn shì jiàn hǎo shì ér ba 。
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6.
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。
tā yǒu shí liù gè mì fēng céng , qí zhōng sì gè jí shǐ huǐ huài tā yě kě yǐ shǐ lún chuán piāo fú qǐ lái 。
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7.
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。
zài jīng jì bù jǐng qì shí qī , gōng sī hěn róng yì jiù huì jiāng jīng lì fàng zài zěn yàng shēng cún ér bú shì yuán gōng de zhí yè fā zhǎn shàng 。
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8.
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。
bái gōng fù zé yù suàn de guān yuán yǐ jīng àn bǐ lì de suō jiǎn le duì yú tā men kě néng xū yào duō shao qián cái néng miǎn yú jīng jì kùn nan de gū jì 。
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9.
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。
yǎ jiā dá jìn jiāo piāo liú de hái zi , zài nǔ lǔ yà yī màn xí jīng yuàn , zhǎo dào yī gēn fú mù zhī chēng 。
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10.
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。
yā lì zhú jiàn xiāo shī , liú xià wǒ yī gè rén kōng xū de jiù xiàng piāo fú zài hǎi miàn yí yàng , wǒ shì gè páng guān zhě , zhè shì wǒ jiàn zhèng tā men liǎ zhī jiān de guān xì zuì jiē jìn ài de shí kè 。
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