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

• Scientists have wondered whether a dwindling supply of stem cells might help explain why this repair system falters with age.
  科学家们曾预想干细胞的供应减少或许是年老后修复系统退化的原因。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• First, German strength has helped them; they will fare worse if Germany falters.
  第一，德国的力量帮助了他们，德国站不稳他们日子更艰难。
• When performance then falters, they say the leader was myopic and had the wrong strategy.
  而随后当业绩出现问题时，人们又说这个公司的领导眼光短浅，战略一无是处。
• 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 most listed fund managers know valuations will fall if financial markets stumble and performance falters, triggering outflows.
  但多数上市基金管理公司都明白，如果金融市场大幅下跌和业绩下滑导致资金流出，市场对它们的估值就会下降。