straddling

英 [ˈstrædlɪŋ]

美 [ˈstrædlɪŋ]

v.  骑; 跨坐; 分腿站立; 跨过，横跨(河流、道路或一片土地); 横跨，同属(不同时期、活动或群体); 两栖于(不同活动)
straddle的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 骑;跨坐;叉开双腿坐
  If youstraddlesomething, you put or have one leg on either side of it.
  1. He sat down, straddling the chair.
     他跨坐在椅子上。
• VERB 横跨，跨越(河流、道路、边境等)
  If somethingstraddlesa river, road, border, or other place, it stretches across it or exists on both sides of it.
  1. A small wooden bridge straddled the dike.
     一座小木桥横跨在排水渠上。
  2. ...this town that straddles the US-Mexico border.
     这座跨越美国和墨西哥边境的小镇
• VERB 横跨，跨越，同属(不同时期、群体或活动领域等)
  Someone or something thatstraddlesdifferent periods, groups, or fields of activity exists in, belongs to, or takes elements from them all.
  1. Our lives have straddled a period of greater change than perhaps any since the end of the Roman Empire...
     我们生活的这个时期所经历的变革可能是罗马帝国灭亡以来最巨大的。
  2. He straddles two cultures, having been brought up in Britain and later converted to Islam.
     他具有两种文化背景，先是在英国长大，后又皈依了伊斯兰教。

双语例句

• Conference on straddling and migratory fish stocks;
  跨界和洄游鱼类种群会议；
• Western leaders must spell out how Ukraine – an ethnically diverse country straddling Russia and the eastern borders of the EU – can enjoy a special position in Europe.
  西方领导人必须清楚地表明，乌克兰这个地跨俄罗斯和欧盟东部边界之间的多民族国家在欧洲将可享有一种特殊地位。
• The president is straddling the fence on this issue, hoping the public will forget it.
  总统对这个问题采取中立态度，希望公众会忘掉它。
• The boy sat straddling the fence.
  那个男孩跨坐于围墙上。
• Behind the rustic counter are three large pools of sea-green water, a wooden plank straddling each.
  这里恍若一座室内游泳池：在乡村式柜台的背后，赫然是三个大水池，池水泛着海绿色，上面分别架着一块木板。
• The study found that immigrant girls are more adept at straddling cultures than boys.
  研究发现，移民女孩子比男孩子更善于包容不同的文化。
• Up ahead appeared something like a sluice gate, straddling the tracks.
  前方出现了一个大水闸似的建筑，拦腰横跨在铁道上。
• When I entered his shop last month, I saw my barber straddling two jobs.
  上个月，我进到店里，看见理发师正同时忙着两个活儿。
• Creates a special intelligence and a huge confidence in straddling apparent contradictions.
  这引发了一种特殊的智慧和驾驭剧烈冲突的巨大自信。
• The most prominent is the region around Shanghai, straddling Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, which contains a string of prosperous industrial towns such as Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing and Ningbo that have spawned hundreds of successful private entrepreneurs.
  最突出的是横跨江浙两省的上海周边地区，这里有许多繁荣的工业城市，例如杭州、苏州、南京和宁波，它们孕育了数以百计的成功私营企业家。