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floaters

/ˈfloʊtərz/

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noun

漂浮物, 漂浮者

Agent noun of float; one who or that which floats.

Examples :

"Sentence: "The colorful rubber ducks were the best floaters in the bathtub." "

这些色彩鲜艳的橡皮鸭是浴缸里最能漂浮的。

physics nautical medicine

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临时工，替补，补缺人员

An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away.

Examples :

"Because several team members were on vacation, the company relied heavily on its floaters to cover various departments. "

因为好几个团队成员都在休假，公司很大程度上依赖替补人员来顶替各个部门的工作。

job business organization work

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散兵游勇, 自由人

An unaffiliated player.

Examples :

"Because the team captains already chose their players, the remaining students were floaters, waiting to be picked as substitutes if anyone got hurt. "

因为队长们已经选好了队员，剩下的学生都是散兵游勇，等着有人受伤时被选为替补。

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游离选民，可收买的选民

A voter who shifts from party to party, especially one whose vote can be purchased.

Examples :

"During the local election, both campaigns tried to win over the floaters with promises of better schools and lower taxes. "

在地方选举期间，两方阵营都试图用改善学校和降低税收的承诺来争取那些游离选民/可以被收买的选民。

politics government

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流动代表

A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, such as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a (or an extra) representative of its own.

Examples :

"The two counties' voters united to elect floaters to represent them in the state legislature. "

这两个县的选民联合起来，选出流动代表，以便在州议会中代表他们。

politics government state

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幽灵选民，冒名投票者。

Examples :

"The news report described how floaters, using stolen identities and multiple fake registrations, tried to rig the local election. "

新闻报道描述了那些幽灵选民如何利用盗用的身份和多个虚假注册，试图操纵地方选举。

politics government law

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多余男士，饭局男宾。

An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.

Examples :

""Since there were more women than men invited to Sarah's party, she asked a few of her younger cousins to be floaters and keep the female guests company." "

因为莎拉派对上邀请的女士比男士多，她就请了几个年轻的表弟来当“饭局男宾”，陪女宾们聊聊天，解解闷。

culture entertainment society human person tradition family

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飞蚊症，玻璃体混浊。

A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.

Examples :

"After staring at the computer screen all day, I noticed some annoying floaters drifting across my vision. "

整天盯着电脑屏幕后，我注意到眼前出现了一些恼人的飞蚊症，感觉有小东西在飘来飘去。

medicine physiology body sensation organ

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noun

浮尸，水泡子。

(police jargon) A corpse floating in a body of water.

Examples :

"The police were called to the lake after someone reported seeing two floaters near the dock. "

有人报告说在码头附近看到两具浮尸，警察随后被叫到湖边。

police body nautical

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漂浮物，水面漂浮的粪便。

A piece of faeces that floats.

Examples :

"He left a floater in the toilet."

他拉了一坨漂浮在水面上的便便在马桶里。

body physiology

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蹭子, 闲杂人等.

(by extension) Someone who attaches themselves to a group of people, much to the dismay of that group, and repeatedly shows up to participate in group activities despite attempts to get rid of, or “flush,” that person.

Examples :

"The soccer team's floaters were a constant problem, showing up at every practice despite the coach's repeated attempts to discourage their presence. "

足球队的那些蹭子真是个大问题，教练再三试图让他们别来，可他们还是每次训练都出现。

person group attitude

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流动保单，综合保险。

A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.

Examples :

""Because my photography equipment travels with me for work, I need to add floaters to my insurance policy to cover it both at home and while on location." "

因为我的摄影器材经常出差携带，我需要在保险单上增加流动保单/综合保险，这样无论在家还是在外地工作时都能得到保障。

property insurance

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浮动利率债券，浮息债券

A floating rate bond.

Examples :

""Investors often buy floaters because their interest payments increase when market interest rates rise, protecting their investment from inflation." "

投资者经常购买浮息债券，因为当市场利率上升时，它们的利息支付也会增加，从而保护他们的投资免受通货膨胀的影响。

finance business economy asset

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漂浮，浮板过浪。

A maneuver in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of the wave onto the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave.

Examples :

"The surfer executed several impressive floaters, riding right on top of the crashing waves. "

那个冲浪者做了几个令人印象深刻的浮板过浪动作，直接在崩塌的浪头上滑行。

sport action ocean sailing

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打不转的硬币，假币

A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.

Examples :

""The cashier quickly rejected the coins, saying, 'These two are floaters; they won't work in the machine.'" "

收银员立刻拒绝了这些硬币，说：“这两枚是打不转的硬币/假币，机器不认的。”

finance economy business

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肉馅饼。

Examples :

"For dessert, she ordered a plate of pie floaters. "

甜点她点了一盘肉馅饼。

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凉鞋，夹趾凉鞋。

Examples :

"Because the beach was so hot, I decided to wear my floaters instead of sneakers. "

因为沙滩太烫了，所以我决定穿我的夹趾凉鞋，而不是运动鞋。

wear style item

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蚌，丽蚌属。

A kind of river mussel (genus Anodonta).

Examples :

"The biologist collected several floaters from the river for her research project. "

生物学家从河里收集了几只丽蚌属的蚌，用于她的研究项目。

animal biology organism nature environment

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黑市书籍, 流通书籍

A book circulated between prisoners that is not part of the official prison library.

Examples :

""Since prison authorities confiscated all the floaters, the inmates had nothing to read but the approved library books." "

监狱当局没收了所有的黑市书籍之后，囚犯们除了批准的图书馆书籍之外，就没书可读了。

literature writing entertainment law communication