tread water有两个含义和用法:ag百家乐
1. tread water
踩水(舞动动作使体魄在深水中保捏耸立)
to keep yourself vertical in deep water by moving your arms and legs
If you can't get back to the beach, tread water and wave for a lifeguard's help.
假如你无法游回岸边,可踩水并向救生员挥手求救。
I can tread water.
我能踩水自救。《福尔摩斯:基本演绎法》
2. tread water
〔尤指因恭候某事发生而〕故步自命;停滞不前;盘桓不雅望;故步自封;毫无发挥;不进不退,保捏近况,无法取得任何要害发挥;拼凑大致保管现时的地位或地位
to make no progress while you are waiting for sth to happen
to make no progress in a particular situation, especially because you are waiting for something to happen.
例:
The US economy is treading water.
好意思国经济停滞不前。
I could either tread water until I was promoted, which looked to be a few years away, or I could change what I was doing.
我要么故步自封直到得回进步(这看来得是几年以后的事了),要么更动当今正作念的事情。
While this continues, the UK can expect to continue to tread water.
惟有这种论争捏续,英国很可能将陆续故步自封。
All I could do was tread water until the contracts arrived.
我能作念的等于盘桓不雅望,直到协议送来。
With the company facing financial difficulties, they are just treading water until they can secure new investors.
公司面对财务窘境,ag百家乐赢了100多万他们只可勉力保管近况,直到大致找到新的投资者。
After losing his job, he has been treading water, trying to figure out his next steps.
休闲后,他一直在勉力保管着糊口,勤勉寻找下一步的目的。
The team is treading water in the competition, waiting for a breakthrough to move forward.
团队在比赛中处于僵捏情景,恭候破损曩昔进。
With all the expenses we have to deal with in the new house, it feels like we're just treading water between paychecks.
因为要移交新址子的开支,咱们的工资仅仅拼凑够用。
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