floundering

英 [ˈflaʊndərɪŋ] 美 [ˈflaʊndərɪŋ]

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的现在分词

现在分词：floundering

BNC.44470 / COCA.33229

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. The economy was floundering.
    经济深陷困境。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. Three men were floundering about in the water.
    有3个人在水中挣扎。
  5. Anna couldn't swim and was left floundering about ( around) in the deep end of the swimming-pool.
    安娜不会游泳，她在游泳池的深水区里挣扎着。
  6. Skinner returned to the U.S.business in2002 to a McDonald's that was floundering.
    2002年，斯金纳重新接过美国国内业务的重任时，麦当劳正在苦苦挣扎。
  7. And that every business is really a network of relationships that are either flourishing or floundering.
    所有公司实际上都是一个关系网络，它要么欣欣向荣，要么步履蹒跚。
  8. Those payments were being made as the floundering company received billions of dollars in government aid to avoid bankruptcy.
    濒临破产的美国国际集团在支付这些奖金的同时从政府得到了数十亿美元的救助款。
  9. A lot of companies are floundering and not sure about how to alleviate the problems linked to overcapacity.
    很多公司正在苦苦挣扎，对于如何减轻产能过剩导致的问题一筹莫展。
  10. 1994-Sony founder Akio Morita announces he will be stepping down as CEO of the floundering company.
    1994年，索尼的创始人盛田昭夫宣布他将退出身处困境的公司的首席执行官一职。
  11. Please stop floundering about and think of something to do. And again we were wallowing in the swell.
    你别到处晃来晃去的，想点儿事做。而我们又在摇摆颠簸中晃来晃去。
  12. I seem to be floundering in a sea of metaphor.
    我好象在一大堆比喻里挣扎。
  13. One of South Africa's leading HIV research initiatives is floundering due to a lack of funding.
    南非的一个主要的艾滋病研究项目由于缺乏经费正在面临危机。
  14. Watching a business floundering, running out of cash even as it makes great sales and profits is painful.
    看到一个企业既便是取得了不错的销售额和利润却仍在困境中挣扎直到耗完资金是一件让人痛心的事。
  15. The stream of information and knowledge has been interrupted, and people are floundering to find footing.
    信息和知识流已经被中断，人们挣扎着寻找立足点。
  16. I could see a small figure floundering in the snow.
    我看到一个小小的人影在雪中挣扎。
  17. But beneath the surface, Iceland is floundering.
    但在这种节日气氛的表象下，冰岛正在艰难挣扎。
  18. You're floundering, my old buck!
    你是在自欺欺人，我的老朋友！
  19. We found him at last, lost in the forest, floundering about in deep snow.
    我们终于找到了他。他在森林里迷了路，正在雪地里挣扎。
  20. Ahead, men were floundering in the dark swamps.
    前面，人们正在暗幽的沼泽地里挣扎着。
  21. When we got to the river, the enemy were still floundering through the mud.
    当我们赶到河边时，敌人还在沼泽地里挣扎爬行。
  22. I'm floundering in a sea of confusion and total despair.
    我在绝望困惑中苦苦挣扎。
  23. Hang in there: Stick to your plan, even if your investment seems to be floundering.
    坚持不懈：坚持你的计划，即使你的投资看起来在艰难地进行。
  24. South Korea, the third largest, is floundering. Taiwan and Thailand are performing well below their potential.
    地区第三大经济体韩国正在困境中挣扎；台湾和泰国的表现也远低于它们的潜力。
  25. THE economy is floundering& yet the coalition government is persevering with its unpopular public-spending cuts.
    如今经济十分不景气，而联合政府却依旧坚持它不受欢迎的公共开支缩减计划。
  26. A heavy lorry was floundering around in the thick mud at the entrance to the. building site.
    一辆重型卡车在建筑工地入口处的烂泥中吃力地移动着。
  27. In1986 Richardson resigned as chairman, leaving the company floundering.
    1986年理查森辞去了董事长的职务，任凭公司在困境中挣扎。
  28. First, if you're financially floundering now, read below.
    首先，假如你现在生活比较艰辛，请往下看。
  29. I wasn't expecting the interviewer to ask about my private life and was left floundering for a while.
    我没想到主持面试的人问我私生活的事，就犹豫了一下。
  30. Regardless of the floundering economy, the shopping list of its powerful military grows and grows.
    但无论经济如何疲弱，巴基斯坦强大军队的采购清单却在不断的增长中。
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