floundering

floundering

美 [?fla?nd?r]  英 [?fla?nd?(r)]

  • n.掙扎;【動】比目魚
  • v.掙扎;勉強應付
  • 網絡掙扎的;處於困境的

詞形變化

第三人稱單數:flounders  現在分詞: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.
n.

例句

I knew I had untapped potential, but I always felt as if I was floundering.

知道潛力發掘但是總是一種掙扎感覺

When we got to the river, the enemy were still floundering through the mud.

我們趕到敵人沼澤地掙扎爬行

I wasn't expecting the interviewer to ask about my private life and was left floundering for a while.

想到主持面試生活猶豫一下

The army, now one of the most solid state institutions after years of floundering, presents the biggest threat to al-Qaeda.

軍隊作為經過戰火洗禮堅實政府組織認為基地組織最大威脅

Black oil is washing ashore, at least one person drowned in the viscous oil slick, and efforts to clean up the mess are floundering.

黑色油污沖刷海岸至少黏稠浮油溺死清理殘局工作目前困難重重

If your team is floundering near the bottom of the pack, it may be time to make some moves and shake things up.

如果球隊苦苦掙扎的話時候改變改善情況

Your question seems to have unnerved the speaker; he's been floundering about ever since you spoke.

提問似乎打亂演講思想發言以后說話出錯

Twenty-two year old David is floundering - stuck in that lazy period between college and "what am I going to do with the rest of my life? "

22大衛即將大學畢業,“對于以后人生怎么辦呢?”,處在那個精神不濟階段迷茫不知所措

I wanted to make a good impression on her, but I felt I was floundering a half an hour into the date.

留下印象但是約會開始半個小時笨手笨腳

Your partner may be a floundering dancer, but my partner is so ungainly. She makes an elephant look like a ballerina.

舞伴可能只是可是舞伴簡直不像樣大象簡直就是芭蕾舞演員

The emphasis on solar energy is as much a lifeline for floundering Chinese firms as it is an effort to reduce emissions.

這些關于太陽能強調措施猶如生命甘泉這些苦苦掙扎企業同時也是旨在減少排放量一個努力

I seem to be floundering in a sea of metaphor.

比喻掙扎

One of South Africa's leading HIV research initiatives is floundering due to a lack of funding.

南非一個主要艾滋病研究項目由于缺乏經費正在面臨危機

images from Fukushima, and the sense of floundering haplessness, will not be forgotten even if final figures reveal little damage to health.

福島焦枯景象掙扎不幸不會遺忘即使最終數字顯示健康影響

After eight years of rapid and increasing prosperity, Putin's Russia is floundering amid the global economic crisis.

8快速增長繁榮普京領導俄羅斯正在全球經濟危機掙扎

Straightforward bankruptcy is usually the most efficient way to allow floundering firms to restructure or fail.

直接破產通常使苦苦掙扎公司重組倒閉有效方法

But a toxic combination of external debt and collapsing confidence left the economy floundering.

但是外債信心崩潰致命結合使國家陷入經濟困境

Let us hope the west does not cling to the past, stubbornly proclaiming its superiority while floundering in the crisis it has unleashed.

我們期待西方國家不會固守過去自己釀成危機掙扎同時頑固地宣揚自己優越性

With the Japanese and euro zone economies floundering, the dollar becomes just about the only short-term alternative, analysts said.

由于日本歐元區經濟遭受重創美元成為短期唯一選擇分析師表示

But, in 1997, a floundering Apple acquired Mr Job's second company, Next, and within the year he was back in control.

1997年,舉步蘋果收購喬布斯第二公司Next喬布斯重新獲得控制權

Your question seems to have unnerved the speaker; he's been floundering about ever since you spoke.

提問似乎打亂演講思想發言以后說話出錯

Anna couldn't swim and was left floundering about in the deep end of the swimming-pool.

安娜不會游泳游泳池深水區掙扎

The child was floundering about in the water.

孩子掙扎

The horses were still floundering through the mud an hour late.

小時泥濘吃力行走

I mean, they're basically floundering around -- the crew of the previous administration more than the current one.

他們基本上盲目摸索--上屆政府如此

He was like a vessel, powerful and dangerous, but rolling and floundering without sail.

艘戰船強大威懾就是沒有風帆只好海上搖擺掙扎

And the army, despite much suffering, won the biggest victories of a floundering eight-year campaign on its north-west frontier.

政府盡管遭受慘重傷亡終于鏖戰贏得西北邊境最大勝利

However, the ASEAN agenda this year will focus not so much on proud New Asia, but probably more on floundering Old Europe.

然而本屆東盟峰會議程不會過多關注驕傲新星亞洲可能痛苦掙扎老朽歐洲

With its tourism floundering and problems such as high youth unemployment and poverty festering, Tunisia is in a fragile state.

由于尼西亞旅游業搖搖欲墜以及年輕人失業率貧窮惡化問題尼西亞處于脆弱狀態

Europe, used to privileged access to African markets and politics, has been left floundering by the new competition.

歐洲以前非洲市場政治有著特許現在競爭勢力壓力躊躇不前

Yes they are visibly missing and those who rely on their mandate are floundering just as your markets are currently.

是的他們失蹤他們手下那些聽命他們正像目前股市一樣掙扎

Regardless of the floundering economy, the shopping list of its powerful military grows and grows.

無論經濟如何疲弱巴基斯坦強大軍隊采購清單不斷增長

Two whales floundering between the Sacramento River and San Francisco Bay have moved several miles closer to the Pacific Ocean.

克拉曼多舊金山海灣掙扎鯨魚太平洋

Those payments were being made as the floundering company received billions of dollars in government aid to avoid bankruptcy.

瀕臨破產美國國際集團支付這些獎金同時政府得到數十億美元救助

Skinner returned to the U. S. business in 2002 to a McDonald's that was floundering.

2002年斯金納重返美國事務當時麥當勞好景不再

But with mid-term elections in November, the Republicans have every reason not to throw the floundering Democrats a lifeline.

可是期中選舉十一月即將舉行共和黨沒有理由條救生快要民主黨

Since a disputed election at the end of 2007, it has been floundering under a shaky coalition government (see article).

2007年歲末一場爭議選舉使得肯尼亞一個搖搖晃晃聯合政府茍安

Anna couldn't swim and was left floundering about in the deep end of the swimming-pool.

安娜不會游泳游泳池深水區掙扎

But what if the war is still floundering?

如果戰爭掙扎之中呢?

The IPOs come as markets across the region have been floundering.

一系列新股發行恰逢整個亞洲地區市場苦苦掙扎

The bizarre metamorphosis that occurs in halibut and other flatfish had even Charles Darwin floundering for an explanation.

發生比目魚其他扁平魚類身上詭異變態達爾文理論尚未提供解釋

The little dog was floundering around in the snow, so I picked it up.

掙扎起來

Better yet, for the opposition, the leaders of the ruling Congress Party are floundering in response.

反對派來說更好消息恐怕執政黨國大黨領導人正在苦苦掙扎試圖辯解

Like Plato, he saw the public as a great beast or a bewildered herd, floundering in the 'chaos of local opinions'.

柏拉圖一樣認為大眾野獸或者迷路羊群局部意見混亂苦苦掙扎