During the festival, celebrated in July or August, special foods are prepared, red lanterns are hung and glowing lanterns are set afloat on waterways.

在每年七月或八月的节日中，人们会准备特制的供品，挂上红灯笼并去水边放灯。

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So BRAC set about building businesses that would not only help its clients become self-sufficient, but also keep the organization and its numerous programs afloat.

于是，BRAC开始建立自己的企业，这不仅会帮助受助对象实现自给自足，而且也使得机构本身和它的许多项目得以继续运作。

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They made a raft and set it afloat.

他们做了一个筏子，使它漂浮在水上。

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In 2011, the company ran a trial with 20-ft pens set afloat off Hawaii.

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In an clumsier episode, he accidentally set it afloat on a Hawaiian beach.

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Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Ron Paul have been kept afloat by at least one Super PAC set up by their political allies with the explicit purpose of raising and spending millions of dollars in unrestricted campaign donations.

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