floundered是什么意思？

floundered

• v. （常指在水中）挣扎( flounder的过去式和过去分词 )，挣扎，漫无目标；

例句

• We floundered through deep snow to get to the store. 我们费力地踏着厚厚的积雪去那家店里.
• " A -- a - mis -- but, Rhett, she --'scarlett floundered. " 小 ---- 产,可是, 瑞德, 她 ---- " 思嘉早已给吓得说不出话.
• I floundered around trying to decide what I ought to do next. 我举步维艰,不知道下一步该做什么.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  深陷困境;困难重重
  If something is floundering, it has many problems and may soon fail completely.
  例句
  What a pity that his career was left to flounder... 多么可惜，他的事业深陷困局。 The economy was floundering. 经济深陷困境。
• VERB
  踌躇;不知所措
  If you say that someone is floundering, you are criticizing them for not making decisions or for not knowing what to say or do.
  例句
  Right now, you've got a president who's floundering, trying to find some way to get his campaign jump-started... 现在，你们的总统正踌躇不前，试图找到某种办法来推动他的竞选活动的开展。 I know that you're floundering around, trying to grasp at any straw. 我知道你正不知所措，是在病急乱投医。
• VERB
  (在水中或泥里)挣扎
  If you flounder in water or mud, you move in an uncontrolled way, trying not to sink.
  例句
  Three men were floundering about in the water. 有 3 个人在水中挣扎。
• N-VAR
  比目鱼
  A flounder is a flat fish that you can eat.