英语词汇“on an even keel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. figurative and in figurative contexts, with reference to holding a person or thing steady, or to restoring stability or normality after a difficult period. Esp. in on (also upon) an even keel (and variants).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun] > stable condition

consistence1661

consistencya1676

even keel1737

1737 M. Green Spleen 45 Thus, thus I steer my bark [through life], and sail On even keel with gentle gale.

1833 Foreign Q. Rev. 11 1 The small bark which is freighted with the germs of much of the knowledge on which universal human happiness must be based, still preserves an even keel.

1835 Lancaster Gaz. 26 Dec. It is only by the cordial co-operation of all classes in society the heeling vessel of the state can be brought once more to an even keel.

1843 Cleveland (Ohio) Daily Herald 21 Feb. The good old prosperous times ten years gone by, when things were on an even keel.

1900 Insurance Reg. 12 July 7/2 The existing average premium rate..is amply sufficient to keep their business ‘upon an even keel’.

1912 Outlook 15 June 346/2 Could he have gone through ten such weeks on an even keel, without haste, without carelessness, without mistaken judgments or prejudiced decisions?

1956 Times 1 May 19/4 The company is now on an even keel and the difficult post-war decade..is behind it.

2001 R. Hill Dialogues of Dead (2002) xxv. 282 Having got back to..an even keel with the super, it would be foolish to risk rocking the boat by letting personal dislike cloud his judgment.

单词	on an even keel
释义	> as lemmas on (also upon) an even keel 2. figurative and in figurative contexts, with reference to holding a person or thing steady, or to restoring stability or normality after a difficult period. Esp. in on (also upon) an even keel (and variants). ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun] > stable condition consistence1661 consistencya1676 even keel1737 1737 M. Green Spleen 45 Thus, thus I steer my bark [through life], and sail On even keel with gentle gale. 1833 Foreign Q. Rev. 11 1 The small bark which is freighted with the germs of much of the knowledge on which universal human happiness must be based, still preserves an even keel. 1835 Lancaster Gaz. 26 Dec. It is only by the cordial co-operation of all classes in society the heeling vessel of the state can be brought once more to an even keel. 1843 Cleveland (Ohio) Daily Herald 21 Feb. The good old prosperous times ten years gone by, when things were on an even keel. 1900 Insurance Reg. 12 July 7/2 The existing average premium rate..is amply sufficient to keep their business ‘upon an even keel’. 1912 Outlook 15 June 346/2 Could he have gone through ten such weeks on an even keel, without haste, without carelessness, without mistaken judgments or prejudiced decisions? 1956 Times 1 May 19/4 The company is now on an even keel and the difficult post-war decade..is behind it. 2001 R. Hill Dialogues of Dead (2002) xxv. 282 Having got back to..an even keel with the super, it would be foolish to risk rocking the boat by letting personal dislike cloud his judgment. extracted from even keeln. < as lemmas
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