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1 afloat
1 ( in water) to stay ou remain afloat [body, person, object] rester à la surface (de l'eau) ; [boat] rester à flot ; to get a boat afloat mettre un bateau à flot ; I could see a body/an object afloat in the water je voyais un corps/un objet qui flottait sur l'eau ; she had difficulty staying afloat elle avait du mal à se maintenir à la surface (de l'eau) ;2 ( financially) to remain ou stay afloat se maintenir à flot ; to keep the economy afloat maintenir l'économie à flot ;3 (at sea, on the water) sur l'eau ; it's the best-equipped ship afloat c'est le navire le mieux équipé qui soit sur l'eau ; a day/week afloat une journée/semaine sur l'eau. -
2 afloat
[ə'fləʊt]aggettivo e avverbio1) (in water)to stay afloat — stare a galla, galleggiare
to stay afloat navigare in buone acque; to keep the economy afloat — mantenere in piedi l'economia
3) (at sea, on the water) in marea week afloat — una settimana in nave o in barca
* * *[ə'fləut](floating: We've got the boat afloat at last.) a galla, galleggiante* * *afloat /əˈfləʊt/avv. e a. pred.1 a galla; galleggiante; alla deriva; fluttuante ( anche in aria): to keep afloat, mantenere [mantenersi] a galla ( anche fig.); to stay afloat, restare a galla; (fig.) riuscire a pareggiare il dare con l'avere; cavarsela● (naut.) to get a ship afloat, disincagliare una nave □ to set afloat, varare ( una nave e, fig., un'azienda, ecc.).* * *[ə'fləʊt]aggettivo e avverbio1) (in water)to stay afloat — stare a galla, galleggiare
to stay afloat navigare in buone acque; to keep the economy afloat — mantenere in piedi l'economia
3) (at sea, on the water) in marea week afloat — una settimana in nave o in barca
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3 afloat
to keep sb afloat renflouer qn;∎ to keep a business/the economy afloat maintenir une entreprise/l'économie à flot;∎ many small businesses are struggling to stay afloat de nombreuses petites entreprises ont du mal à se maintenir à flotThe chain, which operates the majority of its stores under the Dollar Zone name... spent the past year converting its variety stores to the dollar format. But the move wasn't enough to keep the company afloat despite the recent surge in popularity of dollar stores in the slumping economy.
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