stay afloat
中文釋義
保持運轉；勉強維持 — 財務或業務上勉強不破產；字面意為浮在水上
To manage to survive financially, especially during tough times.
常用搭配
- stay afloat financially財務上維持
- keep the business afloat讓公司撐下去
- barely stay afloat勉強撐住
例句
- After losing his job, he took odd gigs just to stay afloat.丟了工作後，他打零工才勉強維持生計。
- The startup burned cash for months but managed to stay afloat.那家初創公司燒了幾個月錢，總算撐住了。