每日单词: afloat

afloat

英 [ə'fləʊt] 美 [ə'floʊt]

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

CET6  TOEFL  GRE

◉常用例句

(1) A ship is afloat.

(2) The boat stayed afloat throughout the storm.

(3) The inheritance kept them afloat for years.

(4) The lower deck is afloat.

(5) It's afloat that she is going to marry.

(6) Which do you prefer, life on land or life afloat?

(7) They set rumours afloat about her.

(8) He kept the business afloat.

(1) 一条船漂浮在水上。

(2) 暴风雨期间,这艘船一直在海上漂。

(3) 遗产使他们好多年免于经济困难。

(4) 下层甲板浸满了水。

(5) 传说她要结婚。

(6) 你喜欢哪一种生活，陆上生活还是水上生活？

(7) 他们散布有关她的谣言。

(8) 他努力使商行维持下去。

◉Usage notes

If something's afloat, it's drifting on the water. When you sail toy boats, you set them afloat across a pond or lake.

You can set something afloat, like an inner tube in a pool or a leaf on a stream, or you can struggle to stay afloat, as when the passengers of a capsized boat try to keep their heads above water. In either case, being afloat means floating on the surface. The Old English word is aflote, from a Germanic root word.

◉柯林斯词典

1. [ADV 副词]漂浮着 If someone or something is afloat, they remain partly above the surface of water and do not sink. [usu ADV after v]

① They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat...

他们说起自己设法使油轮漂浮的英勇之举时非常谦虚。

② Three hours is a long time to try to stay afloat in these conditions.

在这样的条件下漂浮3个小时是够久的。

2. [ADV 副词]不欠债地；周转顺畅地 If a person, business, or country stays afloat or is kept afloat, they have just enough money to pay their debts and continue operating.

[usu ADV after v] [BUSINESS 商]

① A number of efforts were being made to keep the company afloat...

正采取各种措施来维持公司的正常资金周转。

② They are borrowing just to stay afloat, not for investment.

他们借钱只为了周转，而不是投资。

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