falters

英 [ˈfɔːltəz]

美 [ˈfɔːltərz]

v.  衰弱; 衰退; 衰落; (嗓音)颤抖; 结巴地说; 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃; 犹豫; 畏缩
falter的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 衰退;停步不前
  If somethingfalters, it loses power or strength in an uneven way, or no longer makes much progress.
  1. Normal life is at a standstill, and the economy is faltering...
     正常生活陷于瘫痪，经济止步不前。
  2. The car was out of sight around a bend in moments, but the engine did not falter or slow down...
     汽车片刻间便转弯不见了踪影，但动力丝毫未减。
  3. A faltering economy and a recent wave of labour unrest have affected the new party's popularity.
     停滞不前的经济和最近的一次劳工骚乱浪潮影响了新政党的声望。
• VERB (因不自信)畏缩不前，开始出错;犹疑
  If youfalter, you lose your confidence and stop doing something or start making mistakes.
  1. I have not faltered in my quest for a new future...
     我对新的未来的追求从未动摇过。
  2. As he neared the house his steps faltered.
     当他走近房子时，脚步迟疑了起来。
• VERB (说话)迟疑，吞吞吐吐，支吾
  If your voicefalterswhen you are speaking, you hesitate or pause, because you are unsure about what you are saying or are upset.
  1. Her voice faltered and she had to stop a moment to control it.
     她声音发颤，只好稍作停顿以有所控制。

双语例句

• Their reliance on international trade, however, remains a concern, particularly if the global recovery falters.
  不过，他们对于国际贸易的依赖仍然是一个隐患，尤其是在全球复苏步伐不稳的情况下。
• When his wife starts cutting back on his mandatory drug usage, his job performance falters.
  他的妻子减小了他的用药量，他的工作效率降低。
• But most listed fund managers know valuations will fall if financial markets stumble and performance falters, triggering outflows.
  但多数上市基金管理公司都明白，如果金融市场大幅下跌和业绩下滑导致资金流出，市场对它们的估值就会下降。
• Even if food and energy costs were to temper in the coming months, core price pressures will still pick up unless growth falters.
  除非经济萎靡不振，否则就算食品和能源价格在未来几个月内有所缓和，核心价格压力也仍会加大。
• The manager never falters in his determination.
  我们经理的决心从不动摇。
• Somehow Josh falters and loses pace with Van, quickly becoming prey for a blood-thirsty Jason who stabs him through the chest.
  不知怎的乔什绊了一跤，落在范的后面了。他很快被杰森刺穿胸膛，成为嗜血狂魔的猎物。
• Debt is the disease growth is the cure, but as the latter falters, economies and their associated financial markets hang in the balance.
  债务是疾病增长是药方，但由于增长乏力，各个经济体和它们的金融市场都前途莫测。
• While the Fed has left itself plenty of room to back away from rises if the economy falters, reasonable confidence is not an excessively high bar for rate increases.
  尽管美联储给自己留下了足够回旋余地，能够在经济失稳的情况下暂缓加息，但就加息而言，合理信心并不是过高的门槛。
• As the economy falters, the incentives for the government to trade ideology for profit are compelling.
  在经济不稳定的情况下，政府以意识形态换利润的动机尤为明显。
• The day of reckoning will come when the high economic growth rate finally falters.
  当经济高速增长最终难以为继时，灾难就将来临。