There wasn't enough water to float the ship.

水不够深，船浮动不起来。

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As an expression of confidence in the future, members will vote on a plan to float the exchange itself later this year.

为了表达对未来的信心，成员们会在今年晚些时候投票支持一个使证交所自身上市计划。

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Because we chose to float the sidebar, there comes a point when the sidebar will flip under the main content area when the width of the viewport is too narrow.

因为我们选择让边栏浮动，所以当浏览器窗口的宽度太窄时，边栏会出现在主内容区域下面。

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The concrete and glass museum is built next to a body of water, so it almost seems to float.

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So what that means is the compiler is actually going to first "cast" so to speak 13 from whatever it is - to a float -- to a floating point value -- and then perform the division for us.

所以这里的意思是编译器将,做“计算“，譬如13这样一个浮点数,-到另一个浮点数-,然后为我们处理除法。

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I just want to float to the dining hall after-- " so much easier, so much less painful."

我只想下午时飘去餐厅-,更加容易，更少痛苦“

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The smell of Old Spice in the car was thick enough to float the boat on the bottle.

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