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。


• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。”
• He floundered through that song at last.
  他终于结结巴巴地唱完了那支歌。
• The frightened girl floundered through her song.
  那着慌的女孩胡乱地唱完了她的歌。
• 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。