careening

英 [kəˈriːnɪŋ]

美 [kəˈriːnɪŋ]

v.  (尤指危险或失控地)猛冲，疾驶
careen的现在分词

COCA.41914

柯林斯词典

• VERB (失控地)疾驶，猛冲
  Tocareensomewhere means to rush forward in an uncontrollable way.
  1. He stood to one side as they careened past him...
     他们在他身边疾驰而过，他赶紧让到一边。
  2. The truck sways wildly, careening down narrow mountain roads.
     卡车疯狂地左摇右晃,从狭窄的山路上急冲而下。

双语例句

• Europe's leaders keep careening from one solution to another, fixating on the German elections, then on asset quality reviews for banks, then on huge monetary stimulus programs to prevent potential deflation.
  欧洲领导人们不断地从一个解决方案向另一个解决方案摇摆，瞄瞄德国大选，瞅瞅银行资产质量考核，再看看旨在阻止通货紧缩的巨额货币刺激方案。
• A culture that stands for nothing, defends nothing and believes in nothing is surely careening down the proverbial slippery slope of extinction.
  不代表任何观点，不维护任何观念也不相信任何信仰的文化，必然会在众所周知的光滑的灭亡斜坡上一滑而落。
• Hundreds of tons of rock and soil are careening toward you at enormous speed.
  上百吨的岩石和泥土以极快的速度朝你倾泻下来。
• Careening from one extreme to another, we have failed to project long-term steadiness.
  我们不停地在两个极端间摇摆，未能表现出长期的稳定性。
• They set the jeep I was riding in on fire, sent it careening down a hill and into a tree to blow up.
  他们给我开的吉普放火，然后让车冲下山坡，撞树上爆掉。
• The U.S.government is careening toward a "debt payment shock" in the not-too-distant future.
  在不久的将来，美国政府就会不可避免地面临偿还债务的恐怖。
• If my student is careening around the warm-up arena, hanging on the reins like a drunk on a lamppost, I have to do something right now to make that horse and rider safer.
  如果我的学生正歪歪斜斜的在比赛的热身场地里，抓着缰绳象醉汉抓着路灯杆，我必须立刻做些什么保证马匹和骑手都安全。
• The truck sways wildly, careening down narrow mountain roads.
  卡车疯狂地左摇右晃，从狭窄的山路上急冲而下。
• Huge concrete slabs, dislodged, came careening towards us but swung away miraculously.
  大块的混凝土板随波逐流，斜着奔我们而来，但不可思议地又被冲走了。
• America's Careening Foreign Policy
  摇摆不定的美国对外政策