1. The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water.
古人认为地球漂浮在水里。
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2. 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。
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3. 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。
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4. 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.
虽然游泳者的动作可能是平稳和流畅的，但人们既没有鳍来保持漂浮或产生速度，也没有鳃用于在水下呼吸。
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5. Somehow we kept the boat afloat.
我们想办法使船没有下沉。
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6. I had to battle hard just to stay afloat.
我得用力挣扎才能勉强浮住。
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7. 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。
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8. 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。
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9. Many papers stayed afloat by pushing journalists overboard.
许多报社通过裁减新闻记者来渡过难关。
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10. It's Tiffanie Standard, a counselor for young women of color in Philadelphia who want to be tech entrepreneurs—but who must work multiple jobs to stay afloat.
11. The balloon, a transparent structure that varies in design according to the type of appendicularian inhabiting it, also protects the animal and helps to keep it afloat.
