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词汇 keep-afloat
释义 keep afloat
collocation
(also keep someone/something afloat)

keep afloatcollocation (WATER)


to be able to stay at the surface of water rather than going under the water:
You can keep afloat for longer if you lie on your back.
She was treading water to keep afloat.
He kept afloat with an upside-down bucket that had captured air.
The life jacket will keep you afloat for 24 hours.
This boat is kept afloat with two inflatable pontoons.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Terms for location & direction used at sea
abaft
adrift
afloat
aft
aground
amidships
ashore
astern
cast
cast someone adriftidiom
deck
fore
inshore
longshore
offshore
onshore
out
overboard
shore

keep afloatcollocation (SUCCESS)


to have enough money to pay what is owed and buy what is needed:
The business had to sell off some of its assets to keep afloat.
They took out a $2,000 loan to keep afloat until they were paid.
to remain successful, or to keep doing well :
During isolation, the people I met online and talked with over the internet kept me afloat emotionally.
His excellent performance, match after match, is the only thing that kept the club afloat this season.
To keep afloat, the company planned to reduce its costs still further.
They will do anything they can to keep their daughter's business afloat.
He starred in the action-adventure film franchise just to keep his career afloat.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Rich and wealthy
advantaged
affluence
bankability
bazillionaire
be rolling in itidiom
comfortably
fat
filthy
get-rich-quick
Midas
not be short of a bob or twoidiom
prosperity
self-supporting
sit
solvent
ultra-rich
wealthily
well endowed
well heeled
well off

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