1.挣扎 (in),肢体乱动,踉跄
2.着慌,勉强应付,行为[言语]错乱
1.挣扎,踉跄前进
2.【动】比目鱼,鲽形目鱼
1.to feel confused and not know what to say or do next
2.to move with great difficulty and in an uncontrolled way
3.to experience difficulties and be likely to fail
1.a thin flat fish that lives at the bottom of the ocean
1.I knew I had untapped potential, but I always felt as if I was floundering.
我知道我有潜力未被发掘，但是我总是有一种在挣扎的感觉。
2.When we got to the river, the enemy were still floundering through the mud.
当我们赶到河边时，敌人还在沼泽地里挣扎爬行。
3.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。
4.The army, now one of the most solid state institutions after years of floundering, presents the biggest threat to al-Qaeda.
军队作为经过数年战火洗礼最坚实的政府组织，被认为是基地组织的最大威胁。
5.Black oil is washing ashore, at least one person drowned in the viscous oil slick, and efforts to clean up the mess are floundering.
黑色的油污冲刷着海岸，至少有一人在黏稠的浮油中溺死，清理残局的工作目前困难重重。
6.If your team is floundering near the bottom of the pack, it may be time to make some moves and shake things up.
如果你的球队还在苦苦挣扎的话，是时候做些改变来改善情况了。
7.Your question seems to have unnerved the speaker; he's been floundering about ever since you spoke.
你的提问似乎打乱了演讲者的思想；你发言以后他说话就总出错。
8.Twenty-two year old David is floundering - stuck in that lazy period between college and "what am I going to do with the rest of my life? "
22岁的大卫即将大学毕业，“对于以后的人生我该怎么办呢？”，处在那个精神不济的阶段，他迷茫不知所措。
9.I wanted to make a good impression on her, but I felt I was floundering a half an hour into the date.
我想给她留下个好印象，但是约会开始半个小时了，我还是笨手笨脚的。
10.Your partner may be a floundering dancer, but my partner is so ungainly. She makes an elephant look like a ballerina.
你的舞伴可能还只是步点不稳，可是我的舞伴简直就奔得不像样。跟她比大象简直就是芭蕾舞演员。