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

• 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。
• 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。
• The manager never falters in his determination.
  我们经理的决心从不动摇。
• 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。
• But this plan could be delayed if the market rebound falters.
  然而，如果股市反弹之势不稳，此项计划可能被推迟。
• When such demand falters, developing countries find themselves with collapsing export prices, and, too often, a protracted domestic crisis.
  当外国需求有波动时，发展中国家的出口价格会大幅下降，而且通常会引起国内的经济危机。
• 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。
• 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。
• Forever falters at the tongue.
  舌头永远支支吾吾。
• 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。