I have no idea what they're going to say, so I'll have to play it by ear.
我一点不知道他们将会说些什么,所以我只好见机行事。
As a shipbuilder, Cockerell was trying to find a solution to the problem of the wave resistance which wastes a good deal of a surface ship's power and limits its speed.
作为一个船舶技帅,科克雷尔在寻找解决波浪阻力的方法,因为波浪阻力浪费掉了船在水面行驶的大量动力,从而限制了船的速度。