For example, Ford's North American unit generated its first profit from operations — as opposed to rearranging financial deck chairs on the Titanic — in four and a half years.

比如，福特北美事业部取得了他们开业以来的首次盈利——就像泰坦尼克号上的一把椅子——在的四年半的时间里面。

youdao

She had no masts, half of the deck had been torn away, and the water-tightness of the hull appeared dubious.

没有桅杆、一半的甲板已经损毁、船体的水密性也令人怀疑。

youdao

NeXt, the Captain took the half-drowned man below deck to see the doctor.

接下来，船长送那个已经半溺死的人到甲板下面去看医生。

youdao

His relatively smooth progress was jolted in the final set when he made a mad dash to retrieve a half-volley and hit the deck just after reaching the ball with a backhand, ending up sprawled on the rubberised hardcourt.

BBC: Murray starts with convincing win

Half-asleep, I shuffled to the canopy-level observation deck of my rustic wooden cabin, grabbing binoculars and Tito Narosky's "Birds of Argentina and Uruguay" just as a flurry of yellow plumage transformed into what locals term the "banana toucan, " a rare and striking saffron toucanet.

WSJ: Bird Watching in Misiones Province, Argentina

Then in first-half stoppage-time Julien Frier intercepted a Marshall pass off the deck and took the ball just short of the try line for Vigneaux to score under the posts.

BBC: Ulster 25-24 Bourgoin