tacked [水运] 抢风行驶
[五金] 平头钉
- It is the arbitrary happy ending tacked onto a situation for which in reality there would be no happy ending.
这是为某一情况人为设计的美好结局,而现实中,这一情形是不会有美好结局的。 - He might have tacked to the right, in the hope of winning over Republicans, but he would probably have failed.
他可能偏向过右翼,以期待获得共和党人的支持,但是他很可能已经失败。 - Tell me about a time when you successfully tacked complex work issue and how you worked out what needed to be done.
请给出一个你成功地解决一件非常复杂的工作的事例,并说明你是如何确定哪些工作需要完成的。
Tack \Tack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tacking}.] [Cf. OD. tacken to touch, take, seize, fix, akin
to E. take. See {Tack} a small nail.]
1. To fasten or attach. ``In hopes of getting some commendam
tacked to their sees.'' --Swift.
And tacks the center to the sphere. --Herbert.
2. Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty
manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together
the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to
another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece
of metal to another by drops of solder.
3. In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill;
to append; -- often with on or to; as, to tack on a
non-germane appropriation to a bill. --Macaulay.
4. (Naut.) To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing
closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the
tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward
nearly at right angles to her former course.
Note: In tacking, a vessel is brought to point at first
directly to windward, and then so that the wind will
blow against the other side.