floundered

美 [?fla?nd?r] 　英 [?fla?nd?(r)]

• n.掙扎；【動】比目魚
• v.掙扎；著慌
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)小比目魚；鰈魚；牙鲆

詞形變化

第三人稱單數(shù)：flounders  現(xiàn)在分詞：floundering  過去式：floundered  

同義詞

英漢解釋

v.	1. 掙扎 (in),肢體亂動,踉蹌 2. 著慌,勉強應(yīng)付,行為[言語]錯亂
n.	1. 掙扎,踉蹌前進 2. 【動】比目魚,鰈形目魚

英英解釋

v.	1. to feel confused and not know what to say or do next 2. to move with great difficulty and in an uncontrolled way 3. to experience difficulties and be likely to fail
n.	1. a thin flat fish that lives at the bottom of the ocean

例句

Barack Obama referred to China's recent space walk as a sign that it was catching up while America floundered.

巴拉克?奧巴馬（BarackObama）提到，中國最近的太空行走意味著，在美國苦苦掙扎之際，中國正迎頭趕上。

So the poor old Lion floundered about and floundered about, and as he could 't get up the steep sides of the well, he was drowned dead.

所以，可憐的老獅子在井中一直不停的掙扎捶打著，他然不能從陡峭光滑的井中爬出來了，最終，他被淹死了。

Well. . . " He floundered as he examined my smile, clearly not happy with my response. " I told her I had to think about it.

唔……“他一邊仔細(xì)地審度著我的微笑，一邊支吾道。顯而易見，他對我的反應(yīng)不是很高興，”我告訴她我得想一想。

Suddenly one of the helicopters floundered, its landing gear snagged on the guy wire of a transmission tower.

突然，其中一架直升飛機的起落架被一個傳送塔的支索線絆住掙扎不前。

After Mr Jobs lost a power struggle and left Apple in the 1980s, the company floundered until it reached the brink of bankruptcy.

上世紀(jì)80年代，喬布斯在一場權(quán)力斗爭中落敗并離開蘋果后，該公司陷入了困境，最后甚至走到了破產(chǎn)邊緣。

I floundered a bit for the next four years. I moved to Buenos Aires, where a friend found me a job as a sushi chef in a local restaurant.

在接下來的四年里漂泊了一陣，我到了布宜諾斯艾利斯，在那兒，一位朋友給我介紹了一份在當(dāng)?shù)?/c>餐館做壽司主廚的工作。

It is a critical distinction, on which national policy floundered in the United States for many years.

這是多年來使得美國國家政策猶豫不決的一個關(guān)鍵問題。

The local economy, like that of so many other cities, has floundered.

像眾多其它城市一樣，芝加哥地方經(jīng)濟困難重重。

Presently, as we blundered and floundered along, there was a sharp cry, then a storm of exclamations.

突然，正當(dāng)我們高一腳低一腳地掙扎著前進時，前面傳來一聲尖叫，隨即是一片呼喊。

My jaw fell open. I floundered around in my head, trying to remember how to close it.

我的下巴掉了下來，攪盡腦汁就是想不起如何闔攏它。

Itstunned her for a moment and she floundered outward, struggling to swim and regain her breath.

她渾身麻木，笨拙的伸手劃水，努力開始游泳和換氣。

It has prospered, while advanced countries floundered. China has noticed.

在發(fā)達(dá)國家苦苦掙扎之時，中國卻蒸蒸日上。

Ricardo Rocha and Anthony Gardner, the stand-in centre halves, floundered, run ragged by a tireless Andrew Johnson.

里卡多。羅查和安東尼。加德納現(xiàn)在打中衛(wèi)，而他們在安德魯。約翰遜面前狼狽不堪。

Colt founded a company to manufacture his revolving-cylinder pistol; however, sales were slow and the business floundered.

柯爾特于是創(chuàng)辦了一家公司來生產(chǎn)他的旋轉(zhuǎn)彈倉手槍，但銷售緩慢，經(jīng)營舉步維艱。

she floundered for a moment, then rallied again.

她掙扎了一陣，接著恢復(fù)過來。

Japanese technology giants, meanwhile, have floundered.

同時，日本的技術(shù)巨頭已經(jīng)舉步維艱。

The airline business floundered as fuel prices surged, the credit crunch hit and world-wide travel plunged.

隨著燃油價格飆升、信貸危機爆發(fā)和全球范圍內(nèi)旅行人數(shù)驟降，航空業(yè)陷入苦苦掙扎的困境。

Still, advertising is scarce and such "retail schemes" , which cannibalise wholesale revenues, have floundered in the past.

然而，由于缺乏廣告，這種替代批發(fā)收入的“零售機制”過去一直步履維艱。

Similarly, 3Com, which makes computer-networking gear, floundered as such products turned into low-cost commodities.

同樣，生產(chǎn)計算機網(wǎng)絡(luò)設(shè)備的3Com公司由于此類產(chǎn)品淪為廉價商品而感到不知所措。

They host students with radically different learning styles, many of whom have floundered in traditional classrooms.

對于掙扎在傳統(tǒng)教育體制下的很多學(xué)生，他們賦予學(xué)生完全不同的學(xué)習(xí)方式。

Maybe everyone feels this way during major life changes, but I floundered.

在人生中有一些大的變動時，或許每個人都會有這樣的感覺，可是我還是在苦苦掙扎。

Efforts to reform public universities have floundered.

改革公立大學(xué)的努力困難重重。

the frightened girl floundered through her song . .

那著慌的女孩胡亂地唱完了她的歌。

The government, previously adept at public relations, has floundered in its response.

先前嫻熟于輿論造勢的政府已經(jīng)拙于應(yīng)對了。

Efforts to protect the species have floundered.

保護物種的力量在掙扎。

I also have all those great friends in the world of women without whom I would have floundered.

我也有所有那些在女人世界的偉大的朋友，如果沒有她們的話，我可能已經(jīng)在水中掙扎了。

Yet today, after art prices plunged by some 60 percent in the past year, the expansion plans have floundered.

但繼去年藝術(shù)品價格下跌近60%后，該計劃現(xiàn)在只能暫時擱置。

One company floundered because it answered requests for quotations only once every three months.

一家公司陷入了窘境就是因為該公司每三個月才回復(fù)一次估價申請書。

He floundered through that song at last.

他終于結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地唱完了那支歌。

National legislation was proposed last year to outlaw possession of child porn as well as the virtual variety, but it floundered.

去年，日本國會曾建議取締包括虛擬色情在內(nèi)的兒童色情出版物，但這一進程困難重重。

As a result, I floundered around aimlessly for a long time.

結(jié)果，我漫無目地掙扎了好長一段時間。

And while other blue-chip firms such as Sears, IBM and General Motors, floundered in the 1980s.

1980年代，當(dāng)其他績優(yōu)股如西爾斯百貨、IBM和通用汽車在掙扎時。

the next afternoon , i floundered about unhappily

第二天下午，我很不開心。

floundered up the muddy mountain trail;

一步一滑爬上泥濘的山間小道；

obviously unprepared from the way he floundered through therecitation

看他誦讀時錯誤百出，顯然沒有準(zhǔn)備

Set me on fire and watched as I floundered

讓我煎熬痛苦的掙扎著