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

• I felt overwhelmed by the various sub-tasks involved, but by using the techniques below, I'm inching toward the finish line of hitting "send" for that first newsletter.
  对设计的各类小任务我感到心有余力不足。但是用了下面的技巧我就在一点点地朝点击“发送”第一期的终点迈进。
• The helicopter hovered over the crowd for a while before inching away.
  直升机在人群上空盘旋了一会儿后慢慢飞走了。
• He began a complicated maneuver strengthening his position in the Arab world while inching Egypt toward a more realistic national posture.
  他开始运用复杂的策略，以加强他在阿拉伯世界的地位。与些同时，他使埃及逐渐采取更现实、更民族主义的姿态。
• By contrast, prices for cosmetic surgery are inching forward at just 1.3% a year, or a full 1.2 percentage points lower than inflation.
  相比之下，整容手术的价格每年仅微涨1.3%，也就是比通胀比率整整低了1.2个百分点。
• Two developments are inching the world towards a nuclear tipping point.
  目前，两方面的进展正慢慢将世界推向一个核武临界点。
• Interest rates have been inching up over the past year.
  在过去的一年中利率一直在缓慢上涨。
• There are no Zetas in the Service-to-Others, in your Solar System, who currently are allowed to be in two places at once by inching forward in time.
  在你们的太阳系中没有任何服务他人的齐塔人现在被允许通过向前移动时间来同时处在两个位置。
• The rigid side net adopted can enhance the sorption rigidity degree and the inching speed upward along the porch of the conch.
  采用刚性边网可提高海螺吸附牢固度和其沿边网向上爬行速度。
• If the Fed is inching closer to a neutral policy stance, other central banks are still looking to raise interest rates to temper growth and curb inflation.
  如果联储继续缓慢的向中立立场靠近，其他央行看来仍会提升利率来调节经济过热和抑制通胀。
• 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。