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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I seem to be floundering in a sea of metaphor.
  我好象在一大堆比喻里挣扎。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。