tide over meaning in English
乘潮通过
度过, 克服
度过难关
Examples
- By trimming the sails, he tided over the crisis .
他随机应变，渡过危机。 - The difficulty had been tided over somehow .
这重难关总算过了。 - He sold his furniture to tide over his illness .
他卖掉家具以渡过病期的难关。 - He sold his car to tide over his period of unemployment .
他卖掉了汽车以渡过他失业的一段时期。 - He tided over the interval by selling the few trinkets which he had inherited from his father .
为了应付眼下这几个月，他只好将就着卖掉父亲留给他的少数不多的几种饰物。