becalmed

英 [bɪˈkɑːmd]

美 [bɪˈkɑːmd]

adj.  (因无风而)不能航行的
v.  使安静；使停滞；因无风而使停航
becalm的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：becalmed　

BNC.34271 / COCA.31969

牛津词典

adj.

• （因无风而）不能航行的
  unable to move because there is no wind

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （帆船）因无风而停航的
  If a sailing ship isbecalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind.
  1. We were becalmed off Dungeness for several hours.
     因为没有风，我们在邓杰内斯附近停留了好几个小时。
• ADJ 没有进展的；停滞不前的
  If something such as the economy, a company, or a series of talks isbecalmed, it is not progressing at all, although it should be.
  1. Polish industry generally is becalmed.
     波兰工业普遍陷于停滞。
  2. ...the becalmed peace talks.
     陷入僵局的和谈

英英释义

adj

• rendered motionless for lack of wind

双语例句

• The constitutional renewal bill, now becalmed in parliament, is a ragbag of issues.
  目前搁置于议会的宪法修正案，是各种问题的大杂烩。
• The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms.
  两艘轮船停泊在水波不兴的海面上，我以为它们是海上的鬼怪。
• How does an auto company, saddled with discount brands, outdated technology, and hand-me-down products, grow sales in a becalmed economy?
  一个靠打折促销过日子的品牌，一家技术落后、产品质量差强人意的公司，如何才能在不景气的经济环境下实现销量的增长？
• She was becalmed in a magnificent adolescence, more and more impenetrable to formality, more and more indifferent to malice and suspicion, happy in her own world of simple realities.
  她仿佛停留在美妙的青春期，越来越讨厌各种陈规，越来越不在乎别人的嫌厌和怀疑，只在自己简单的现实世界里寻求乐趣。
• The eurozone is once again in the grip of recession, while Japan remains becalmed in mild deflation.
  欧元区再次陷入经济衰退，而日本则仍在温和的通货紧缩中停滞不前。
• Steps are being taken to retrieve the negotiations from their present becalmed.
  正采取步骤重新展开处于僵局的谈判。
• We were becalmed off Dungeness for several hours.
  因为没有风，我们在邓杰内斯附近停留了好几个小时。
• The world of private equity seems eerily becalmed.
  私人股本界似乎陷入了诡异的沉寂。
• A large ship, with three masts, lay becalmed on the water, with only one sail set; for not a breeze stiffed, and the sailors sat idle on deck or amongst the rigging.
  海是非常平静，这儿停着一艘有三根桅杆的大船。船上只挂了一张帆，因为没有一丝儿风吹动。水手们正坐在护桅索的周围和帆桁的上面。
• Becalmed as they are, however, current prices are clearly not achieving the policy aims which led politicians to create them in the first place.
  尽管他们仍很镇静，以现在的价格很明显不能达到政客们原先制定的那个目标。