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afloat单词基本解析：

adj.漂浮; 有偿债能力; 能维持下去; 周转顺畅
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
adj.& adv.在船上（的）；浮在水面（的）；漂流着的；漂浮不定

afloat变化用词：

afloat英英释义：

Adjective

1. aimlessly drifting

2. borne on the water; floating

3. covered with water;

"the main deck was afloat (or awash)"

"the monsoon left the whole place awash"

"a flooded bathroom"

"inundated farmlands"

"an overflowing tub"

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[ ə'fləut ]adj.aimlessly drifting

同义词：adrift(p)aimlessdirectionlessplanlessrudderlessundirected

borne on the water; floatingcovered with water

"the main deck was afloat (or awash)"

同义词：awash(p)floodedinundatedoverflowing

afloat中文词源：

afloat用法和例句：

Somehow we kept the boat afloat.

我们想办法使船没有下沉。

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。

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。

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

他们借钱只为了周转，而不是投资。

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。

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。

Our plans are afloat.

我们的计划尚未定案.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Because the Alba Iulia was still afloat , at 1700 hours , two tugs left from Constanta.

15时40分,Ossag开始救援那些等待在受损舰只上的落难者.

Help me get the boat afloat.

帮我把那只小船弄浮起来.

If you can spare the money, viewing abundant game afloat a balloon is an unforgettable experience.

如果你能承受乘坐热气球的费用, 从空中大范围观看马拉公园里的景象将是一个难忘的经历.

Rumors of a revolt were afloat.

叛变的谣言四起.

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A ship is afloat.

一条船漂在水上.

He kept the business afloat.

他努力使商行维持下去.

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The boat is afloat.

船浮在水面.

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The inheritance kept them afloat for years.

遗产使他们好多年免于经济困难.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He is struggling to keep afloat after a series of emotional and health problems.

在经历了一系列的情感打击和健康问题后,他正努力使自己能夠支撑下去.

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We have to get out of the red, if we want to stay afloat.

如果我们想轻装上阵的话, 必须偿清债务.

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.

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These workers, imported from across the country, join 25,000 other migrant laborers to keep afloat.

工人们来自全国各地, 他们与其他25000农民工一起维系着华西村的发展.

Our affair are all afloat.

我们的事情全都在流传.

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.

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They made a raft and set it afloat.

他们做了一个筏子,使它漂浮在水上.

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Already , the auto industry has required government loans to stay afloat.

汽车业已经要求政府提供贷款以维持生存.

She spent seven days afloat on a raft.

她在一只木筏上漂泊了七天.

《简明英汉词典》

Include some of the largest vessels afloat.

包括在海上航行着的一些最大的船只.

So , so business leaders say keeping the sector airflow afloat remains a challenge for the government.

所以这些专家认为保证经济部门的稳定仍是政府面临的一大挑战.

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.

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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.

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Due to special features of workboat, their afloat condition adjustment is very important.

由于工程船的一些特殊特点, 船舶的浮态调整非常重要.

The lower deck is afloat.

下层甲板浸满了水.

《简明英汉词典》

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?

Which life do you prefer, life on land or life afloat?

你喜欢那种生活方式，陆地上的还是海上的?

How long did you spend afloat?

你在海上待了多久?

Were the mass of a ship equal to that of the same volume of water it would not keep afloat.

假如船体质量与相同体积水的质量相等的话，船就不能保持漂浮状态。

Were the mass of a ship equal to that of the same volume of water, it would not keep afloat.

假若船体质量与相同体积水的质量相等的话，船就不能保持漂浮状态。

The homogeneous society may have to rely on foreign immigrant labour to stay afloat, Jeon warned.

全在姬警告说，南韩同种族的社会可能得靠外籍劳工才不至于灭顶。

The company remains under government conservatorship and has received billions in loans from the US treasury department to help keep it afloat.

公司现在处于政府的接管中，并且已经收到了来自美国财政部用以帮助支撑运营的几十亿的贷款。

One factor that was critical in keeping the economy afloat this winter underperformed in the spring: the American consumer.

其中一个因素,关键是保持经济浮着今冬低于在春天:美国消费者。

Other papers are laying off reporters and editors, dismantling foreign and statehouse bureaus or literally shrinking the size of their publications to stay afloat.

其他的报纸削减记者和编辑，关闭国外和国内分社或者缩小版面以求生存。

Several toy boats are afloat on the pond.

几只玩具船在池潭里漂。

Get a new business afloat, ie start it.

创办新的企业。

Include some of the largest vessels afloat.

包括在海上航行着的一些最大的船只。

Even faded stars such as Jackson can stay afloat with the promise of income from comebacks like his now-aborted concert series.

即使是像杰克逊这样的过气明星，凭借着像他如今流产了的巡回演唱会这类复出可能带来的收入，还能维持下去。

Rumors of a revolt were afloat.

叛变的谣言四起。

Smith had to recruit several new partner colleges to stay afloat.

史密斯不得不招募几所新院校才能顺利经营。

Steve : He ran a little hardware store in my hometown. I'm just trying to keep it afloat while he recovers.

史提夫：他在我家乡经营一间小五金行。我只是尽量在他康复期间，努力维持店里的营运正常。

Unprecedented federal spending has neither eliminated a severe credit crunch nor stemmed the tide of major corporations in need of government intervention to stay afloat.

史无前例的联邦支出既没有消除严重的信贷困境，也没有遏制大公司为维持经营寻求政府介入的趋向。

Hurling his arms and legs about wildly, Jim kept afloat but wasted much effort.

吉姆手腿乱扑乱打，自己虽然仍浮在水面上，但却耗费了不少体力。

Also bring something buoyant that can be easily thrown and held onto, to help you stay afloat.

同时带一些有浮力，容易抛出和抓住的东西，以帮助你保持浮出水面。

The number of tons of water that a ship displaces when afloat.

吨位船舶在水上时排水量的吨数

Clinton is in need of a big win there on Tuesday to keep her campaign afloat .

周二希拉里需要在那获得一场大胜以保持在竞选中不败。

Money is very much fanscinating and afloat in this wealth-fast-accumulating society and it may makes those who are unable to use it suffocated to death.

在一个社会财富和个人财富飞速增长的时代，钱是温柔绚丽的，钱也是飘浮迷茫的，钱的乱丝令没有能力驾驭它的人窒息，直至被它绞杀。

The Battleship Texas is the last and oldest Battleship afloat that served in both WWI and WWII.

在两次世界大战都服役过的最老的战列舰“德克萨斯”在休斯敦，2007-11-25

He is struggling to keep afloat after a series of emotional and health problems.

在经历了一系列的情感打击和健康问题后，他正努力使自己能夠支撑下去。

The firm managed to stay afloat during the recess ion.

在经济衰退期间,公司设法渡过了难关.

The firm managed to stay afloat during the recession.

在经济衰退期间,公司设法渡过了难关。

The firm couldn't keep the business afloat during the recession.

在经济衰退期间,这家公司不能顺利维持业务。

At the time, we were afraid he would asphyxiate with the carbon dioxide from his own breath.He could not renew the air he was breathing, as this is what was keeping his hull afloat.

在那个时候，我们担心他会吸入过多自己呼出的二氧化碳而中毒窒息，他没办法换掉舱里面的空气，因为那些空气是让船浮著的唯一浮力。

UKUMEHAME, Hawaii - A 49-year-old woman held onto a water container to stay afloat for 19 hours until she was rescued from choppy ocean waters a mile off Maui, she said.

夏威夷，UKUMEHAME--离毛伊岛一英里处的海中抓着一个装水容器在海上漂泊了19小时的一名女性获救。

She spent seven days afloat on a raft.

她在一只木筏上漂泊了七天。

If you are currently unemployed, you may have to settle for a situattion that's not 100% idal in order to keep yourself afloat through the downturn.

她说：“如果你现在没有工作，在不景气时期为了维生，就不要对工作机会挑三拣四了。”

用作形容词(adj.)

A ship is afloat.
一条船漂浮在水上。

The boat stayed afloat throughout the storm.
暴风雨期间,这艘船一直在海上漂。

The inheritance kept them afloat for years.
遗产使他们好多年免于经济困难。

The lower deck is afloat.
下层甲板浸满了水。

It's afloat that she is going to marry.
传说她要结婚。

用作副词(adv.)

The ship stuck fast on the rocks and we couldn't get it afloat again.
船牢牢地搁浅在礁石上,我们无法使它再浮起来。

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？

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。

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