inching
英 [ˈɪntʃɪŋ]
美 [ˈɪntʃɪŋ]
v. (使朝某方向)谨慎移动
inch的现在分词
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 英寸(约等于 2.54 厘米)
Aninchis an imperial unit of length, approximately equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are twelve inches in a foot.- ...a candy tin 6 inches high and 8 inches in diameter.
高 6 英寸、直径 8 英寸的糖果罐子 - ...18 inches below the surface.
表面以下 18 英寸
- ...a candy tin 6 inches high and 8 inches in diameter.
- V-ERG (使)缓慢移动
Toinchsomewhere or toinchsomething somewhere means to move there very slowly and carefully, or to make something do this.- ...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock...
沿一面陡直石壁慢慢往上爬的人 - He inched the van forward...
他一点点向前挪动着货车。 - An ambulance inched its way through the crowd.
救护车在人群中缓慢前进。
- ...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock...
- PHRASE (某个地方的)全部,每一寸地方
If you talk aboutevery inch ofan area, you are emphasizing that you mean the whole of it.- Every inch of shelf space was crammed with books...
书架上全都塞满了书。 - We are prepared to fight for every inch of territory.
我们时刻准备着为每一寸领土而战。
- Every inch of shelf space was crammed with books...
- PHRASE 在各方面;完全;彻底
If you say that someone looksevery incha certain type of person, you are emphasizing that they look exactly like that kind of person.- He looks every inch the City businessman...
他完全是一副伦敦金融城商界人士的派头。 - There stood Gertrude, looking every inch a star.
格特鲁德站在那里,完全是一副明星的派头。
- He looks every inch the City businessman...
- PHRASE 一点一点地;缓慢地
If someone or something movesinch by inch, they move very slowly and carefully.- The car moved forward inch by inch...
汽车一点一点地向前移动。 - The police were searching the area inch by inch.
警方在对那个地区进行仔细搜查。
- The car moved forward inch by inch...
双语例句
- Mr Buffett also said he remained bullish on the US economy, which he expected to continue "inching ahead" as the housing market recovered, even as global growth slows.
巴菲特还表示,他依然看好美国经济前景,预计随着住房市场复苏,美国经济将继续“小步向前”,即使同期全球经济增长有所放缓。 - Inching closer to the city, Vorenus, Pullo and their cavalry come upon a troop of Pompey's new recruits, blocking the road to Rome.
沃伦诺斯、普罗和他们的骑兵缓慢的向罗马移动,在路上碰到了一队庞培新招募的士兵。 - He began a complicated maneuver strengthening his position in the Arab world while inching Egypt toward a more realistic national posture.
他开始运用复杂的策略,以加强他在阿拉伯世界的地位。与些同时,他使埃及逐渐采取更现实、更民族主义的姿态。 - Structural unemployment is surely inching closer to European levels.
结构性失业肯定会缓慢逼近欧洲的水平。 - There are no Zetas in the Service-to-Others, in your Solar System, who currently are allowed to be in two places at once by inching forward in time.
在你们的太阳系中没有任何服务他人的齐塔人现在被允许通过向前移动时间来同时处在两个位置。 - By contrast, prices for cosmetic surgery are inching forward at just 1.3% a year, or a full 1.2 percentage points lower than inflation.
相比之下,整容手术的价格每年仅微涨1.3%,也就是比通胀比率整整低了1.2个百分点。 - With Spain and possibly Europe inching back towards the abyss, that crisis looms.
鉴于西班牙乃至整个欧洲可能正再度走向深渊,那场危机已出现在地平线上。 - The helicopter hovered over the crowd for a while before inching away.
直升机在人群上空盘旋了一会儿后慢慢飞走了。 - If the Fed is inching closer to a neutral policy stance, other central banks are still looking to raise interest rates to temper growth and curb inflation.
如果联储继续缓慢的向中立立场靠近,其他央行看来仍会提升利率来调节经济过热和抑制通胀。 - The North Korean nuclear issue is inching forward in six-party talks that include China, Japan, South Korea and Russia.
在包括中国、日本、韩国和俄罗斯的六方会谈中,朝核问题正实现缓慢进展。