In this metaphor they can cling onto the lifeboats.

在这个比喻中，他们可以紧紧抓住他们的救命船。

Why do we cling onto past sorrows, bad relationships, meaningless goals?

为什么我们执着于过去的悲伤、糟糕的关系、毫无意义的目标？

Mrs. Weasley now came galloping into view, her handbag swinging wildly in one hand, Ginny just clinging onto the other.

韦斯莱夫人急急地向这边跑来，一只手拎着的手提包剧烈地摆动着；金妮拉着她的另一只手吃力地跟着。

Stuart Bee clinged onto his capsized boat for more than two days before he was rescued by an angel of sorts.

斯图尔特·比紧贴着翻倒的船过了两天，才被各种意义上都可称作天使的船只救了上来。

It's going to really nicely cling onto the noodles.

它会很好地粘在面条上。

This sent some of those clinging onto life to literally go mad.

这让一些紧紧抓住生命不放的人真的发疯了。

This was not, he said, because they were trying to cling onto power; it was their duty not to abandon the people.

他说这并不是因为政府抓住权力不放，而是因为他们有责任不放弃人民。

One method is slowing down the process by artificially lengthening withdrawal queues in order to hold back the tide and cling onto some stability.

其中一种方法是通过人为地延长提款队列来减缓进程，以遏制取款潮并保持一定的稳定性。

This approach is so alluring that it can even be risky, as some may cling onto it as some kind of total solution to our climate crisis.

这种方法非常诱人， 甚至可能存在风险，因为有些人可能会坚持认为它是解决我们气候危机的某种全面解决方案。

Whenever I'm feeling a big emotion, particularly a negative one, I have this tendency to cling onto that temporary state as a permanent trait that's embedded into me.

每当我感受到强烈的情绪， 尤其是消极的情绪时，我就会倾向于将这种暂时的状态作为一种根植于我体内的永久特征。

Within a few days, the fungal infection completely takes over the poor little ant's body and forces it to climb up a tree or a tall plant, cling onto a leaf, and then die.

几天之内，真菌感染会完全占据可怜的小蚂蚁的身体，使它爬上一棵树或高大的植物，紧紧抓住一片叶子，然后死去。

Part of the reason this occasion is so stressful is the narrow, traditional definition of what a " good life" should look like, which many of our families still cling onto.

这个场合压力如此之大， 部分原因是对“美好生活” 应该是什么样子的狭隘、传统的定义，我们的许多家庭仍然坚持这一定义。

There was no means of steering; the dragon could not see where it was going, and Harry knew that if it turned sharply or rolled in midair they would find it impossible to cling onto its broad back.

他们根本没有办法控制方向，连这条龙自己都不知道要往哪去，哈利知道，一旦这条龙来个急转弯或者在空中打个滚，他们就很难紧贴住它那宽阔的脊背了。

Some high-profile CEOs cling onto power for so long that their companies appear to grow old with them: exhibit a is FedEx, the delivery firm whose founder Fred Smith stepped down as boss in June after 49 years in charge.

一些备受瞩目的 CEO 掌权时间如此之长，以至于他们的公司似乎与他们一起变老了：图 a 是联邦快递，这家快递公司的创始人弗雷德史密斯在掌管 49 年后于 6 月卸任老板。