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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Ahead, men were floundering in the dark swamps.
  前面，人们正在暗幽的沼泽地里挣扎着。
• 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。
• The economy was floundering.
  经济深陷困境。
• 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。
• I seem to be floundering in a sea of metaphor.
  我好象在一大堆比喻里挣扎。