单词steerage
n.: （旧时客轮的）统舱
网络: 舵效；操纵；驾驶
（旧时客轮的）统舱，大舱:
(in the past) the part of a ship where passengers with the cheapest tickets used to travel
【航海】舵(的)效(力),舵能;驾驶装置
船尾;(商船的)三等客舱,统舱
〔美国〕(军舰的)下级军官室
操纵,领导
驾驶,掌舵
军舰低级军官舱
管理
乘四等舱
驾驶;操纵
舵效
n.third classbottom decktourist classlower deck
But having a strong steerage with my paddle, I went at a great rate, directly for the wreck, and in LESS than two hours I came up to it.
我以桨代舵，使劲掌握航向，朝那失事的大船飞驶过去。不到两小时，我就到了破船跟前。
they would have to go steerage on the ship , but it was only three days after all.
他们在船上不得不住统舱，好在旅途只需三天。
He talked her down from her suicide attempt, and so began a romance between a brash lad from steerage and an upper-class young lady.
他说服她不要自杀，乘坐三等舱的粗野小子与上层淑女的浪漫恋情由此而生。
Dean"s family were steerage passengers setting out from the English port of Southampton for a new life in the United States.
迪安的家人是船上的统舱乘客，他们从英国的南安普顿港出发向美国进发寻找新的生活。
Sir, I don"t think you"ll find any of your people down here. It"s all steerage.
对不起，先生。这不会有你的亲友，这都是三等舱的。
Her parents had arrived in the United States in a steamship, travelling steerage, the cheapestaccommodation, and settled in Denver.
睡在三等舱最廉价的铺位上，乘坐着一艘蒸汽船，她的父母抵达了丹佛。
Make them fly steerage this time but make the first item at the next board meeting a change in travel policy.
这次就让他们坐经济舱，但在下次董事会会议上，第一件任务就是讨论修改差旅政策。
At the party in steerage, a foreign-speaking man is speaking with Rose and she says "I"m sorry, I can"t understand you. "
在三等舱的宴会上，一个瑞典人用瑞典语和Rose说话，Rose回答他“不好意思，我听不懂你说什么。”
The first-class cabins are too expensive, second class is stifling and third is in steerage.
一等舱太贵，二等舱太闷，三等舱在近舵处。
In any case, the simile was apt: On that ill-fated sinking ship, many more first-class passengers survived than second-class or steerage.
不管怎么说，这个比喻还是要很恰当的：在那艘不幸的沉船上，一等舱的乘客存活人数确实多于二等舱和统舱。