floundered

英 [ˈflaʊndəd] 美 [ˈflaʊndərd]

v.  不知所措; 挠头; 支吾; 困难重重; 艰苦挣扎; (在水、泥等中)挣扎
flounder的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

    The plural form for meaning 4 can be either flounder or flounders. 义项 4 的复数形式可以用 flounder 或 flounders。

  1. VERB 深陷困境;困难重重
    If something is floundering, it has many problems and may soon fail completely.
    1. What a pity that his career was left to flounder...
      多么可惜，他的事业深陷困局。
    2. The economy was floundering.
      经济深陷困境。
  2. VERB 踌躇;不知所措
    If you say that someone is floundering, you are criticizing them for not making decisions or for not knowing what to say or do.
    1. Right now, you've got a president who's floundering, trying to find some way to get his campaign jump-started...
      现在，你们的总统正踌躇不前，试图找到某种办法来推动他的竞选活动的开展。
    2. I know that you're floundering around, trying to grasp at any straw.
      我知道你正不知所措，是在病急乱投医。
  3. VERB (在水中或泥里)挣扎
    If you flounder in water or mud, you move in an uncontrolled way, trying not to sink.
    1. Three men were floundering about in the water.
      有 3 个人在水中挣扎。
  4. N-VAR 比目鱼
    A flounder is a flat fish that you can eat.
    1. Flounder is this fish eaten as food.
      (供食用的)比目鱼，偏口
    2. Mr. Dambar had loaded his plate with stuffed flounder.
      但拔先生的餐盘里盛满了填馅的比目鱼。
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双语例句

  1. But during the financial crisis GE Capital floundered.
    但是，金融危机一来，它也深陷困境。
  2. He floundered as he examined my smile, clearly not happy with my response. "I told her I had to think about it."
    显而易见，他对我的反应不是很高兴，“我告诉她我得想一想。”
  3. Presently, as we blundered and floundered along, there was a sharp cry, then a storm of exclamations.
    突然，正当我们高一脚低一脚地挣扎着前进时，前面传来一声尖叫，随即是一片呼喊。
  4. Even the Dutch, fervent for the austerity cause, have floundered.
    就连热衷于紧缩事业的荷兰也有了麻烦。
  5. It is a critical distinction, on which national policy floundered in the United States for many years.
    这是多年来使得美国国家政策犹豫不决的一个关键问题。
  6. The boy floundered in the water till someone jumped in to save him.
    男孩在水中拚命挣扎，直到有人跳入水中把他救起。
  7. She floundered through the song.
    她嗑嗑巴巴地唱完了这首歌。
  8. If you floundered, he would pick it up.
    如果你说错了，他会抓住不放。
  9. One day, wearing KNIE baboosh that is suppose to be tortious, riding a bicycle that is full of rust, I floundered along the ZHONGHUANGXI road with elegance.
    某日，我穿着有侵权嫌疑的KNIE拖鞋，骑着长着铁锈的自行车，很优闲的辗转在中环西路上。
  10. He lost the next page of his speech and floundered for a few seconds.
    他丢掉了演讲稿的下一页，只好支支吾吾了一会儿。
  11. He floundered in the deep water, trying desperately to reach the bank.
    他在深水中挣扎着，拼命想游到岸边。
  12. A heavy lorry floundered about in deep snow.
    一辆重型卡车在厚厚的积雪中艰难地行进。
  13. It has prospered, while advanced countries floundered.
    在发达国家苦苦挣扎之时，中国却蒸蒸日上。
  14. After Mr Jobs lost a power struggle and left Apple in the 1980s, the company floundered until it reached the brink of bankruptcy.
    上世纪80年代，乔布斯在一场权力斗争中落败并离开苹果后，该公司陷入了困境，最后甚至走到了破产边缘。
  15. He floundered towards the shore.
    他踉踉跄跄地走向岸边。
  16. The two budding entrepreneurs may have floundered anyway because of the objections of their only potential local rival, a state-owned fireworks company.
    不管怎样，由于唯一潜在本地竞争对手某国有烟花企业的反对，这两位刚起步的企业家可能会一无所成。
  17. He floundered through that song at last.
    他终于结结巴巴地唱完了那支歌。
  18. Still, advertising is scarce and such retail schemes, which cannibalise wholesale revenues, have floundered in the past.
    然而，由于缺乏广告，这种替代批发收入的零售机制过去一直步履维艰。
  19. The frightened girl floundered through her song.
    那着慌的女孩胡乱地唱完了她的歌。
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