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。


• VERB 深陷困境;困难重重
  If somethingis 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。
• VERB 踌躇;不知所措
  If you say that someoneis 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。
• VERB (在水中或泥里)挣扎
  If youflounderin 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。
• N-VAR 比目鱼
  Aflounderis a flat fish that you can eat.
  1. Flounderis 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。