treading water

踩水:在水中保持浮动状态

常用释义

词性释义

踩水:在水中保持浮动状态,不向任何方向前进。常用于比喻在某个活动或工作中没有取得实质性进展,只是维持现状或消耗时间而已。
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When he had swum about a hundred yards out he paused, treading water, and saw that the girl who had been beside him was nowhere to be found.
他游出一百码远后便不再往前了,他踩着水,发觉一直在他身旁游的姑娘不见了。
The Coast Guard said he was treading water for more than an hour when another cruise ship spot ted him and brought him aboard.
海岸警卫称,这名男子落水一个多小时,另外一艘游艇经过时发现了他,救他上船。
有个时刻你们就像一个游泳者踩水一般,使用了大量的能量却不能走得快。
描述:踩水:周三,一匹皇家骑乘炮兵团国王中队的骏马在英格兰黑池附近的海水中畅游。
I may spend months or years treading water, not getting anywhere, if I didn't take this time to analyze myself.
如果不花时间来分析自己,也许我会花数月或数年都在原地踏步。
盖伊虽然有大家扶着,但毕竟在没有救生衣的情况下踩水18个小时,浑身早已精疲力尽。
"They're treading water right now, " said Jordan Rohan, an analyst with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company.
施蒂费尔,尼古拉公司的研究员乔丹罗汉说:“他们现在正在趟着水过河。”
The ambient lights were low and soothing, the music bland, the employees, like Enzo, treading water.
周围的灯光柔和宁静,音乐舒缓,店员们像恩佐一样在瞎忙活。
Two years ago Mr Obama was virtually walking on water; today he is barely treading water.
两年前,奥巴马实际上创造了奇迹;而眼下,他不过是在原地踏步。
See the [[Endurance]] skill for information on swimming or treading water for an hour or more.
连续游泳或涉水一小时以上的情况参见坚韧技能。