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单词 on an even keel
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on an even keel

1(Of a ship or aircraft) not listing or tilting to one side.The ship is lying on an even keel and swimming from the stern will take the diver under the lifeboat davits, past the galley and engine room doors and up the ladders to the chart room....
  • The ship went down on an even keel about 3 miles north of Corsewall Point.
  • You know when you throw mud at a wall some of it is going to stick, so it's up to me to try to get the ship back on an even keel.
1.1(Of a person or situation) functioning normally after a period of difficulty: getting her life back on to an even keel after their break-up had been difficult...
  • It's been a difficult pregnancy fraught with scary complications but everything is back on an even keel and it's safe to start blogging again without fear of placing a hex on things.
  • I don't think he was searching for truth, but rather for a religion to provide a mechanism that would keep him on an even keel.
  • We all know what happened last month but I believe we're back on an even keel.
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