"muddle through" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 勉强应付
• 将就着过

Definition

在没有明确计划、资源不足或混乱的情况下，勉强完成某事；虽然不完美，但总算应付过去。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于口语化表达，用于形容在缺乏条件或困惑时，尽力完成事情，并不意味着做得很好。常见搭配有“just muddle through”，不要与强调毅力的“power through”混淆。

Examples

Sometimes you just have to muddle through when things get hard.

有时候事情变难时，只能**勉强应付**。

We don't have a plan, but we'll muddle through somehow.

我们没有计划，但总会**将就着过**。

I managed to muddle through the test without studying.

我没复习就**勉强应付**了考试。

We didn't know what we were doing, but we just muddled through in the end.

我们其实并不知道自己在做什么，最后还是**将就着完成了**。

Life can be messy, but most of us muddle through somehow.

生活常常很混乱，但大多数人都能**勉强应付过去**。

Everyone was confused, but we muddled through the meeting somehow.

大家都很迷糊，但我们还是**把会议勉强开完了**。