2019-08-28 weather

英英释义：to deal successfully with a difficult situation or a problem 

用作动词，表示“渡过（难关）” “从困难中挺过来”。在一些语境中，使用 weather 比 deal with 或者 experience 更准确。

weather 表示这个意思的时候，后面常接有负向含义的名词，例如 crisis/recession/criticism/scandal。

sentence

1. The couple had to weather some difficult times in the early years of their marriage. 

2. Over the past 20 years, Alibaba has weathered storms and scandals.（weather the storm 是个习惯表达，表示“渡过难关”）

3. It has weathered lawsuits over everything from a leaky petrol station to abetting torture in Indonesia.

practice

这家公司从经济危机中挺了过来，最终得以蓬勃发展。

This company has weathered the financial crisis and eventually prospered.

参考翻译: The company weathered the financial crisis and ultimately thrived.