careen

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美 [kəˈrin] word us audio image

  • vt.
    将船倾侧,将船倾倒(以清洗、捻缝或修理)
  • vi.
    倾斜
    倚靠
    <美>(车辆)歪歪斜斜地行驶
    猛冲

单词词源

careen 将船倾斜,疾驰

本义将船倾斜,将龙骨外露进行修补,来自拉丁词carina, 龙骨,词源同hard. 后受career影响,词义主要用于疾驰。

双语例句

1. The driver lost control and the car careen down the hill .
因司机失控,那辆汽车就横冲直撞地冲下山去。
2. It is likely that shell give up her careen when she gets .
她有可能在结婚后会放弃自己的事业。
3. Illinois seems to careen from one crisis to the next .
伊州跌跌撞撞,不断遭遇危机。
4. But fears linger that china will careen from the overheated pace of investment of the past two years to the opposite extreme in which companies cannot get any credit .
但人们一直担心,中国可能从最近两年的投资过热转向另一个极端,即企业完全贷不到款。
5. If we careen over a cliff on friday and the american government shuts down , hard-working federal workers will stop getting paychecks , but the members of congress responsible for the shutdown are expected to be paid as usual .
假如我们周五陷入危机,而美国政府倒台了,我们兢兢业业的政府工作人员人就失去了生活来源,但应为政府倒台负责的国会议员却将照常领着薪水。

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