[ADV 副词]漂浮着 If someone or something is afloat, they remain partly above the surface of water and do not sink.
[usu ADV after v]
They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat...
他们说起自己设法使油轮漂浮的英勇之举时非常谦虚。
Three hours is a long time to try to stay afloat in these conditions.
在这样的条件下漂浮3个小时是够久的。
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[ADV 副词]不欠债地；周转顺畅地 If a person, business, or country stays afloat or is kept afloat, they have just enough money to pay their debts and continue operating.
[usu ADV after v]
[BUSINESS 商]
A number of efforts were being made to keep the company afloat...
正采取各种措施来维持公司的正常资金周转。
They are borrowing just to stay afloat, not for investment.
他们借钱只为了周转，而不是投资。
Oxford
afloat/əˈfləʊt; NAmEəˈfloʊt/adjective[not before noun ]1floating on water （在水上）漂浮◆Somehow we kept the boat afloat.我们想办法使船没有下沉。2(of a business, etc. 企业等)having enough money to pay debts; able to survive 有偿债能力；能维持下去◆They will have to borrow £10 million next year, just to stay afloat.明年他们得举债 1 000 万英镑才能维持下去。afloat/əˈfləʊt; NAmEəˈfloʊt/
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afloata‧float /əˈfləʊt $ əˈfloʊt/ adjective [not before noun]
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1having enough money to operate or stay out of debtkeep (somebody/something) afloat/stay afloat The Treasury borrowed £40 billion, just to stay afloat.2floating on waterkeep (somebody/something) afloat/stay afloat Somehow we kept the ship afloat.—afloat adverb