Flounder
[ 'flaʊndɚ ]
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vi. 挣扎，折腾;着慌，勉强应付;行为言语错乱;
n. 挣扎，踉跄前进;比目鱼;
📝 例句
One man goes over the ice, which bears him, and a score who follow flounder in.
一个人可能在冰上安然通过，跟在他后面的几十个人却掉进了水底。
He floundered through his speech.
他张惶失措地作完了演说。
She could only flounder through her song.
她只能慌乱地唱完她的歌。
She could only flounder through her song.
她只能慌乱地唱完她的歌。
To move clumsily;flounder.
乱动，挣扎笨重地移动；挣扎
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ flo-flow流动,under-在…下面:比目鱼群在海底流动
※ flo-flow流动,under-在…下面:在水下面没有氧气瓶→挣扎
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
flounder
v[I, Ipr, Ip]
1 move or struggle helplessly or clumsily; move with difficulty, as through mud or deep snow 笨拙地移动或挣扎; 艰难地移动（如在泥中或深雪中）
Anna couldn't swim and was left floundering (about/around) in the deep end of the swimming-pool. 安娜不会游泳, 在游泳池的深水区里挣扎著.
2 hesitate or make mistakes when talking or when coming to a decision （说话或做决定时）犹豫或出错误
I wasn't expecting the interviewer to ask about my private life and was left floundering for a while. 我没想到主持面试的人问我私生活的事, 就犹豫了一下.
flounder (on) through a badly prepared speech 由於准备不充分而讲得错误百出.
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I've been thinking about it for weeks now.
为这事我想了几个星期。
A colt you may break,but an old horse you never can.
小驹犹可练，老马最难驯。
No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
他认为不管路面情况如何，车必须以最高速度前进。