英语释义

• aimlessly drifting

• 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"

• borne on the water; floating

片语

WAKING AFLOAT浮着醒来

afloat condition浮扬状态

waterlogged进水；浸满水（waterlog的过去分词）

afloat stability浮态稳性

go afloat乘船

afloat DOG一漂浮狗

afloat cargo路货

afloat contact浮动接点

afloat t漂浮着

英汉例句

• the generous rewards in an industry that relied on taxpayer support to keep it afloat are indeed hard to stomach.

  确实，在任何依靠纳税人的支持方能维持的产业中，丰厚的收益都令人难以忍受。

• according to the book of exodus, he was born in egypt to hebrew parents, who set him afloat on the nile in a reed basket to save him from an edict calling for the death of all newborn hebrew males.

  根据〈出埃及记〉所载，他出生于埃及，父母为希伯来人。为了逃过一项杀死所有希伯来新生儿男婴的法令，他被放入芦苇摇篮中漂到尼罗河上。

• in the west, the strains of keeping the economy afloat are visible in soaring deficits and sovereign debt crises.

  在西方，维系经济运转的挑战显然在于日益激增的赤字和主权债务危机。

• even with its new orange 「life jacket」 that hooks around the top to keep it afloat (see photo), the device feels weightless.

  即使加上新式橙色「救生衣」——固定在顶部使其漂浮（如图片所示），你也几乎感觉不到重量。

• although a third of africa has been growing at 5%, this growth is just enough to keep the countries afloat and the number of poor people from rising.

  虽然非洲三分之一国家以5％的速度递增，但这一增长仅仅能使这些国家维持经济自足，并阻止贫困人口的进一步增加。

• having spent the prior weeks with the senses deprived while afloat in amniotic fluid, a newborn animal「s somatosensory cortex is ripe for change.

  早期的时日漂浮在羊水中度过，感觉官能缺乏，新生动物的躯体感觉皮质发生变化的时机已经成熟。

• much of the world」s sea traffic may have passed through the atlantic in the interim, but to those afloat on it in the following centuries, it has often been a great emptiness.

  世界上海上运输的船只会暂且经过大西洋，但是几个世纪以来，对那些在海上漂流的人来说，大洋上总是空无一物。

• aladdin, and systems like it, should help them keep afloat by automating some of the data analysis and the management of robots.

  「阿拉丁」，或者类似它的系统，通过让数据分析自动化和运用机器人管理，将会帮助军队在信息之海上保持漂浮。

• while the swimmer's movements may be smooth and 「fluid,」 people have neither fins to stay afloat or generate speed, nor gills to deal with going under.

  虽然游泳者可以在水中平静的「流淌」，但人类没有帮助漂浮或前进的鳍，也没有可用于在水下呼吸的腮。

相似词

floating漂浮（float的现在分词）

contingent（代表某一组织或国家的）代表团；（军队的）分遣队

相反词

ashore在岸上的；在陆上的