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
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  1. VERB 衰退;停步不前
    If something falters, 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。
  2. VERB (因不自信)畏缩不前，开始出错;犹疑
    If you falter, 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。
  3. VERB (说话)迟疑，吞吞吐吐，支吾
    If your voice falters when 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。
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双语例句

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Somehow Josh falters and loses pace with Van, quickly becoming prey for a blood-thirsty Jason who stabs him through the chest.
    不知怎的乔什绊了一跤，落在范的后面了。他很快被杰森刺穿胸膛，成为嗜血狂魔的猎物。
  4. Debt is the disease growth is the cure, but as the latter falters, economies and their associated financial markets hang in the balance.
    债务是疾病增长是药方，但由于增长乏力，各个经济体和它们的金融市场都前途莫测。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. Mark: My mother's taste never falters.
    马克：我母亲的味道没有终结。
  9. If it falters, the impact would be immediate and on a global scale.
    如果中国经济停滞不前，全世界都将立即感受到它的冲击。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. Forever falters at the tongue.
    舌头永远支支吾吾。
  13. 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。
  14. As the economy falters, the incentives for the government to trade ideology for profit are compelling.
    在经济不稳定的情况下，政府以意识形态换利润的动机尤为明显。
  15. A fall in the price of iron ore this year is likely to offer little respite as steel prices suffer as demand falters.
    今年铁矿石价格下降也于事无补，因为钢铁需求滑坡会压低钢铁价格。
  16. That is encouraging because if China falters, then the world recovery will do too.
    这一点令人鼓舞，因为如果中国打一个踉跄，全球经济的复苏也将受挫。
  17. If the recovery falters, the BoJ could go further, exploring the use ofnegative interest rates on bank balances, which would encourage banks to lend money rather than hoarding it at the central bank.
    如果经济复苏迟缓，日本央行还可以更进一步，尝试使用负利率手段来鼓励银行贷款，而不是把资金囤积在央行。
  18. 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。
  19. 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。
  20. 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。
  21. 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。
  22. 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。
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. 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。
  26. The manager never falters in his determination.
    我们经理的决心从不动摇。
  27. 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。
  28. The premise behind celebrating the New Year falters as the years go by.
    随着一年又一年的过去，庆祝新年的想法逐年消退了。
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