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

• 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。
• Executives can also quickly pull the plug on a reality show if it falters, and then finance another.
  如果一出真人秀收视率不稳，经理们可以激流勇退，转而投资下一个节目。
• An international political consensus is, however, emerging, centred on the deferral of bonus payments and clawing them back if the company subsequently falters.
  然而，一种全球政治共识正在出现，其核心内容是延期支付奖金，以及在公司随后出现问题时收回奖金。
• Mark: My mother's taste never falters.
  马克：我母亲的味道没有终结。
• Better to borrow to invest in assets we will need than to end up borrowing more as growth falters.
  与其让赤字随着经济增长趋于停滞而越积越多，不如主动借款去投资于我们需要的领域。
• While that scenario is not completely unrealistic in some countries, including the US and Japan, it is much more likely that the recovery falters as the temporary factors that have contributed to the rebound start to fade or actually go into reverse, Mr Jessop said.
  尽管那样的情形在美国和日本等一些国家并非完全不现实，但可能性高得多的情形是，随着推动反弹的暂时因素开始消退甚至逆转，复苏将中断，杰瑟普表示。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you replace someone every time he falters, you will never be able to leverage the experiences accumulated.
  有人做错就把他换掉，他的经验等于就没有用了。
• Mostly, when a company falters in a changing industry, it takes an enormous amount of luck and very deep pockets to recover.
  大多数情况下，如果一家企业所处的行业日新月异，那么它一旦陷入困境，就需要足够的运气和非常雄厚的财力才能恢复生机。