careening

英 [kəˈriːnɪŋ]

美 [kəˈriːnɪŋ]

v.  (尤指危险或失控地)猛冲，疾驶
careen的现在分词

COCA.41914

柯林斯词典

• VERB (失控地)疾驶，猛冲
  Tocareensomewhere means to rush forward in an uncontrollable way.
  1. He stood to one side as they careened past him...
     他们在他身边疾驰而过，他赶紧让到一边。
  2. The truck sways wildly, careening down narrow mountain roads.
     卡车疯狂地左摇右晃,从狭窄的山路上急冲而下。

双语例句

• Gregor even had the presence of mind, afterward, to go around to the local police and explain why he had been speeding and careening through stop signs.
  后来，格雷戈尔想起了这件事情，并到处走动到本地警察机关并且解释他为什么一直加快和和横冲直撞在经过停车标志时。
• The truck sways wildly, careening down narrow mountain roads.
  卡车疯狂地左摇右晃，从狭窄的山路上急冲而下。
• If my student is careening around the warm-up arena, hanging on the reins like a drunk on a lamppost, I have to do something right now to make that horse and rider safer.
  如果我的学生正歪歪斜斜的在比赛的热身场地里，抓着缰绳象醉汉抓着路灯杆，我必须立刻做些什么保证马匹和骑手都安全。
• Hundreds of tons of rock and soil are careening toward you at enormous speed.
  上百吨的岩石和泥土以极快的速度朝你倾泻下来。
• America's Careening Foreign Policy
  摇摆不定的美国对外政策
• They set the jeep I was riding in on fire, sent it careening down a hill and into a tree to blow up.
  他们给我开的吉普放火，然后让车冲下山坡，撞树上爆掉。
• Careening from one extreme to another, we have failed to project long-term steadiness.
  我们不停地在两个极端间摇摆，未能表现出长期的稳定性。
• Or you can stagger an enemy by shooting him in the midsection and then send him careening into his cohorts with a mighty roundhouse kick.
  或者你也可以射中他的身体，然后再用强有力的一脚把他踢飞。
• My spleen is going to go careening into my heart. I need that operation now!
  我的脾已经刺激到我的心脏，我得马上就动手术。
• The U.S.government is careening toward a "debt payment shock" in the not-too-distant future.
  在不久的将来，美国政府就会不可避免地面临偿还债务的恐怖。