afloat

a·float /əˈfləʊt $ əˈfloʊt/ adjectiveadj [not before noun]

1 ENOUGHhaving enough money to operate or stay out of debt 经济上周转得开的；不欠债的

keep (somebody/something) afloat/stay afloat

The Treasury borrowed £40 billion, just to stay afloat.

财政部借了400亿英镑，才勉强维持下去。

2 ON/ON TOP OFfloating on water 漂浮的

keep (somebody/something) afloat/stay afloat

Somehow we kept the ship afloat.

我们总算没有让船沉下去。

—afloat adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

afloat• I moved my hands and feet slightly to stay afloat.• Those in the water tried to hold on to the boats that were still afloat.• Hereford lived dangerously but by half time were still managing to keep afloat.• It was near low water now, and I had to get the dinghy afloat.• The Normandie, due on May 18, promises luxury afloat.• The swimsuits and trunks have attached foam shoulders to help keep kids afloat.• The Chattahoochee was too shallow to keep barges afloat in the navigable waterway south of Atlanta.• In spite of my warnings about leaving the boat where it would stay afloat, the inevitable had happened and he was stranded.

From Longman Business Dictionary

afloata·float /əˈfləʊtəˈfloʊt/ adjectiveadjCOMMERCE

having enough money to operate or stay out of debt

Matthew has been selling key assets just to keep the business afloat.

The company needs a cash injection of around £3 million to stay afloat.

Origin afloat

Old English on flot “on the sea”

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