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 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。
• But beneath the surface, Iceland is floundering.
  但在这种节日气氛的表象下，冰岛正在艰难挣扎。
• 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 economy was floundering.
  经济深陷困境。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You're floundering, my old buck!
  你是在自欺欺人，我的老朋友！
• 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。