above water

基本解释

I moved my hands and legs to keep my head above water; my shoulder hurt, and my hip.
我调整了一下姿势，好让头保持在水面以上；我的肩部和臀部都受了伤。
As a young professional, with the economy the way it is, what doyou feel is the best method to stay above water and not lose hope?
作为一个年青的专业人员，在这样的经济环境中，你认为要脱离困境，保持希望的最好方法是什么？
Today, not everything is still above water and only a third of the wells still work, but Oil Rocks still pumps out more than half of the oil in Azerbaijan.
如今岛上有好多建筑已经沉入水下，只有三分之一的油井还在运转，但是“石油之岩”依旧产出了阿塞拜疆一半以上的石油。

A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.
The partial pressure of the water, of gaseous water above that equilibrium of ice and water is not one bar, it's much less.
哪里错了吗？,问题在于,冰水混合物上方的,大气中水蒸气的分压，不是一个大气压。
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On the rickety bridge you're swaying in the breeze hundreds of feet above the water, the bridge seems unstable.
在摇摇摆摆的桥上面,你在几百尺高的水上悬着，在微风中荡来荡去，桥似乎也不稳。
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And other than that, you're dealing with four and five feet above water, above sea level.
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