fumbling

adj.

1. 笨拙的；迟疑的
   awkward, uncertain or hesitating
   1. a fumbling schoolboy
      笨拙的男生

1. VERB 乱摸;摸索;笨拙地处理
   If you fumble for something or fumble with something, you try and reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way.
   1. She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown...
      她从床上蹑手蹑脚地爬起来，摸索着自己的晨衣。
   2. He fumbled with the buttons at the neck...
      他笨手笨脚地系着领口的纽扣。
   3. He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette.
      他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。
2. VERB 笨嘴拙舌地说话;结结巴巴地说话
   When you are trying to say something, if you fumble for the right words, you speak in a clumsy and unclear way.
   1. I fumbled for something to say...
      我磕磕巴巴地想说点儿什么。
   2. He fumbled his lines, not knowing what he was going to say.
      他因为不知道接下来要说什么而把台词给念砸了。

1. Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears.
   彼得转弯太急，换挡不利索，车开得一颠一颠的。
2. His critics say his fumbling of the issue of reform has eroded his authority
   批评家们说他在改革问题上的蹩脚做法已经削弱了他的权威。
3. Fumbling, he ran her card through the machine.
   他笨手笨脚地用她的卡在机器上刷了一下。
4. Marius heard Mother Jondrette's heavy hand fumbling at his lock in the dark.
   马吕斯听见容德雷特大娘的笨手在黑暗中摸索他的钥匙。
5. Then he sat in the front seat fumbling around with his keys for several minutes.
   坐进车里，好几分钟他又都是在摸着那些钥匙。
6. And, fumbling in her satchel, she pressed a five-dollar piece into his hand.
   她在提包里摸了一会，把一个五块钱的金币塞到他手里。
7. Experienced in the decades after the fumbling, our mobile payment industry ushered in the new opportunities and development space, into rapid development.
   在经历了数十年的摸索之后，我国的移动支付产业迎来了新的契机和发展空间，进入快速发展期。
8. Clark Kent, Supermans alter ego is fumbling and bumbling character.
   克拉克肯特，超人的另一个自我是一个支支吾吾的，笨手笨脚的形象。
9. His fumbling attempts are really painful to listen to.
   他那拙劣的谎言，让人听起来真是难受。
10. Fumbling for the right words, I thanked him for the legacy it took almost 30 years to discover.
    我笨嘴拙舌地找寻合适的词语，为他给我的宝贵财富表示感谢，这财富我花了差不多三十年才发现。
11. Wellhung: I'm fumbling with the clasp on your bra. I think it's stuck. Do you have any scissors?
    我在摸索你胸罩的挂钩，我觉得它好像卡住了，你有剪刀没？
12. Youth with its fumbling and follies, its eagerness and questioning, is the eternal hope of mankind.
    青春充满着幼稚而愚笨的探索，充满着渴望和质疑，它是人类社会不竭的希望。
13. But early indications are that Mr Obama is still fumbling for the right one.
    但从初步迹象来看，奥巴马对此仍在摸索之中。
14. Actually also I am fumbling this all the time.
    其实这也是我一直在摸索的。
15. For a moment Scarlett went faint, already feeling rough hands thrusting themselves into her bosom, fumbling at her garters.
    顷刻间思嘉几乎晕过去了，她已经感觉到那两只粗鲁的手伸进她怀里，在摸索怀里的带子。
16. After decades of fumbling and having tried insiders, GM desperately needs an outsider who can change its culture.
    经过了几十年的摸索，并尝试过使用内部人士之后，通用汽车眼下迫切需要一位能够改变其文化的外部人士。
17. The problem with fumbling from slippery rock to rock is that there is always the danger of falling in.
    但问题在于，摸着一块又一块滑溜溜的石头过河，始终有落水的危险。
18. A bungling workman; did a clumsy job; his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf.
    一个拙劣的工匠；将工作搞糟了；他企图搭一个架子的想法是笨拙的。
19. She was fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch.
    她摸黑找电灯开关。
20. Hearn was fumbling now, he had noticed that in him.
    他看出了侯恩是在那里冥思苦想。
21. Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along.
    在海滩钻石般闪烁的烟霭中某种黑乎乎的东西正在摸索前来。
22. Nervously he is fumbling through the sexy thatch again and again.
    他总是神经质地用手一次次抓弄着自己性感而乱蓬蓬的头发。
23. He was fumbling in his pocket for money.
    他在口袋时摸索着找钱。
24. As he sank he felt a stone hand fumbling at his face.
    他一边下沉同时感觉到有只石手摸着他的脸。
25. After fumbling through her purse, she presented me with what she said was the only thing that bore both her name and address.
    在手提袋中找来找去，然后，她给了我一张她说唯一拥有她的姓名和地址的东西。
26. And she crowded up against me in that little space, tighter than a phone booth. I could hear the soft noise of her hand fumbling along the panel.
    她在那个比电话亭狭小的空间中把我挤开。我能听到她的手在面板上摸索的轻微声音。
27. Voters, fumbling for a way to break with the past, took up Mr Koizumi's challenge.
    在与过去决裂的道路上摸索的选民们接受了小泉的挑战。
28. He questioned, fumbling clumsily at her chin, trying to turn her face upward, his own face furrowed with pity.
    他问她，笨拙地摸摸她的下巴，想叫她仰起脸来，这时他自己的脸由于怜悯而露出深深的皱纹来了。
29. Wendy: ( Fumbling for a minute) That's strange. There's still no name here.
    温迪：（乱摸了一会）很奇怪里面还是没有名字。
30. Beginners do a lot of clumsy fumbling about.
    初学者做很多笨拙的事情探索它。

adj

1. showing lack of skill or aptitude
   1. a bungling workman
   2. did a clumsy job
   3. his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf

   Synonym:    bunglingclumsyincompetent