inching

英 [ˈɪntʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈɪntʃɪŋ]

v.  (使朝某方向)谨慎移动
inch的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 英寸(约等于 2.54 厘米)
  Aninchis an imperial unit of length, approximately equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are twelve inches in a foot.
  1. ...a candy tin 6 inches high and 8 inches in diameter.
     高 6 英寸、直径 8 英寸的糖果罐子
  2. ...18 inches below the surface.
     表面以下 18 英寸
• V-ERG (使)缓慢移动
  Toinchsomewhere or toinchsomething somewhere means to move there very slowly and carefully, or to make something do this.
  1. ...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock...
     沿一面陡直石壁慢慢往上爬的人
  2. He inched the van forward...
     他一点点向前挪动着货车。
  3. An ambulance inched its way through the crowd.
     救护车在人群中缓慢前进。
• PHRASE (某个地方的)全部，每一寸地方
  If you talk aboutevery inch ofan area, you are emphasizing that you mean the whole of it.
  1. Every inch of shelf space was crammed with books...
     书架上全都塞满了书。
  2. We are prepared to fight for every inch of territory.
     我们时刻准备着为每一寸领土而战。
• PHRASE 在各方面;完全;彻底
  If you say that someone looksevery incha certain type of person, you are emphasizing that they look exactly like that kind of person.
  1. He looks every inch the City businessman...
     他完全是一副伦敦金融城商界人士的派头。
  2. There stood Gertrude, looking every inch a star.
     格特鲁德站在那里,完全是一副明星的派头。
• PHRASE 一点一点地;缓慢地
  If someone or something movesinch by inch, they move very slowly and carefully.
  1. The car moved forward inch by inch...
     汽车一点一点地向前移动。
  2. The police were searching the area inch by inch.
     警方在对那个地区进行仔细搜查。

双语例句

• China was inching toward us, after all, to find a counter weight to the growing Soviet threat on its borders.
  中国慢慢地向我们靠近，毕竟是为了寻找一股对付边界上日益增长的苏联威胁的抗衡力量。
• The helicopter hovered over the top of the building for a moment before inching away.
  直升机在楼顶上悬停了一会儿慢慢飞走了。
• Prices are inching down.
  物价正逐步下降。
• Structural unemployment is surely inching closer to European levels.
  结构性失业肯定会缓慢逼近欧洲的水平。
• Inching closer to the city, Vorenus, Pullo and their cavalry come upon a troop of Pompey's new recruits, blocking the road to Rome.
  沃伦诺斯、普罗和他们的骑兵缓慢的向罗马移动，在路上碰到了一队庞培新招募的士兵。
• At first, I saw this as a terrible thing, my Shanghai life was inching slowly towards a beast's mouth.
  起初，我把离别看成是很可怕的事，似乎我的上海生活正一步步地被怪兽吞噬。
• I kept closing the gap between my car and my brother's truck, inching toward the reassuring glow of the taillights like a frightened sheep following a shepherd.
  我尽量缩小与弟弟的卡车的距离，缓缓地移动，盯住他的尾灯，心中才赂有一丝安慰，就像一只吓坏了的小羊紧跟在羊馆的屁股后面一样。
• Greece, the weak link in the eurozone, is inching closer to defaulting on its debt.
  希腊是欧元区的薄弱环节，它正在慢慢走向债务违约的深渊。
• Although inflation in China has been inching up for some months, the big jump in October surprised many economists and raised the chances of more hikes in interest rates this year to follow the increase announced last month.
  尽管近几个月来中国通胀率一直在缓慢攀升，但10月份数据的大幅跃升，令许多经济学家感到吃惊，并提高了中国央行继上个月宣布加息之后年内进一步上调利率的可能性。
• With Spain and possibly Europe inching back towards the abyss, that crisis looms.
  鉴于西班牙乃至整个欧洲可能正再度走向深渊，那场危机已出现在地平线上。