flounder
柯林斯詞典
1. V-I If something is floundering, it has many problems and may soon fail completely. 陷入困境
What a pity that his career was left to flounder. 真遺憾，他的事業(yè)陷入了困境。
2. V-I If you say that someone is floundering, you are criticizing them for not making decisions or for not knowing what to say or do. 不知所措[表不滿]
Right now, you've got a president who's floundering, trying to find some way to get his campaign jump-started. 此時(shí)此刻你們的總統(tǒng)不知所措，盡力想辦法推動他的競選。
3. V-I If you flounder in water or mud, you move in an uncontrolled way, trying not to sink. (在水或泥漿中) 掙扎
Three men were floundering about in the water. 三名男子正在水中掙扎。
4. N a European flatfish, Platichthys flesus having a greyish-brown body covered with prickly scales: family Pleuronectidae: an important food fish 歐洲的一種比目魚 (Also called fluke)
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flounder /?fla?nd?/ (floundering,floundered,flounders)
劍橋詞典
- to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next
困難重重；艱苦掙扎；不知所措
He lost the next page of his speech and floundered around/about for a few seconds . 他把演講稿的下一頁弄丟了，支支吾吾了幾秒鐘。
Although his business was a success , his marriage was floundering. 他雖然事業(yè)有成，可婚姻卻陷入了困境。
Richardson resigned as chairman , leaving the company floundering. 理查德森辭去了董事長職務(wù)，公司因此在困境中苦苦掙扎。 返回 flounder