英 [əˈfləʊt] 美 [əˈfloʊt]
adj. 经济上周转得开的，不欠债的；漂浮的；在流传中的，当前的；在船（或艇）上的；海上的；浸水的
adv. 不欠债地，周转顺畅地；漂浮着；在流传中，当前；在海上；浸满水
afloat /əˈfləʊt/ CET6+ TEM8
副词 If someone or something is afloat, they remain partly above the surface of water and do not sink. 漂浮着地
They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.
他们谦虚地谈论了他们为让油轮保持不沉而付出的英勇努力。
副词 If a person, business, or country stays afloat or is kept afloat, they have just enough money to pay their debts and continue operating. (人、企业、国家等) 仅够还债维持下去地
A number of efforts were being made to keep the company afloat.
在做多种努力以保持公司继续维持下去。
aimlessly drifting
同义词： adrift(p) / aimless / directionless / planless / rudderless / undirected
borne on the water; floating
covered with water
the main deck was afloat (or awash)
同义词： awash(p) / flooded / inundated / overflowing
浮着
... awash 被淹没的 afloat 漂浮的 underwater 在水中生长的...
在海上的(afloat), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
... aflatoxin黄曲霉毒素 afloat飘浮的 aflutter飘扬的 ...
... u]音(规则编号6-19） afloat 浮着 approach 接近 boast 自夸 boat 船 cloak 斗篷 coach 教练 coal 煤 coast 海岸 coastal 沿海的 ...
在海上的；飘浮的；浸满水的；在传播的
The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water.
古人认为地球漂浮在水里。
We kept her afloat for a couple of hours by bailing frantically.
我们拼命往外舀水让船漂浮了几个小时。
Icebergs afloat today are made of snowflakes that have fallen over long ages of time.
今天漂浮在水面上的冰山由很多年前降落的雪花形成。
The boat was so small that no one believed it could stay afloat for very long.
VOA : special.2010.03.06
AIG has received more public funds to stay afloat than any other firm, with the government owning an 80-percent stake in the company.
VOA : standard.2009.03.15
because the government's expenditures are only going to keep the economy afloat for so long.
因为政府的开支就是要保持经济的长期运转。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 担忧未来
Despite swirling changes in jazz over the decades, Blue Note has managed to stay afloat with distinguished players, from its earliest years with stride pianist James P.Johnson;
VOA : standard.2009.12.25
No longer can the objective merely be to keep the Haitian people afloat with humanitarian aid.
In 2011, the company ran a trial with 20-ft pens set afloat off Hawaii.
Pessimists will note that 500bn euros is about enough to keep Italy afloat for 14 months.