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

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