faltered
past simple and past participle offalter
| 单词 | faltered |
| 释义 | faltered past simple and past participle offalter falter verb[I] uk/ˈfɒl.tər/us/ˈfɑːl.tɚ/falterverb[I](STOP)tolosestrengthorpurposeandstop, oralmoststop: Thedinnerpartyconversationfaltered for amoment. Herfriendsnever faltered intheirbeliefin her. Nickie'svoicefaltered and hestoppedspeaking. Hesitating
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making less strong falterverb[I](ALMOST FALL)tomoveawkwardlyas if you mightfall: Thenursesawhim falter and made himleanon her. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
Examplesoffalteredfaltered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But, as the population burgeoned in recent decades, traditional economiesfalteredand were supplanted by agricultural production reliant on few species. From theCambridge English Corpus This grandiose plan for rural transformationfalteredwith its first steps. From theCambridge English Corpus Both large and small childrenfaltered, but at this early stage more boys than girls started from below average weights. From theCambridge English Corpus In contrast, their radical scepticismfalteredwhen dealing with one of their own. From theCambridge English Corpus Without academic and professional leadership, comprehensive musicianship's translation into tertiary, secondary, and elementary music programmes eventuallyfaltered. From theCambridge English Corpus As these subsidies were cut back or eliminated in the early 1990s, manufacturing in the interior hasfaltered. From theCambridge English Corpus Table 3 outlines several areas in which decentralisation hasfaltered. From theCambridge English Corpus This harsh disciplinary regime, however,falteredin the reorganization of the college which followed hard upon the heels of representative government. From theCambridge English Corpus However, when adult attachment insecurity was combined with marital attachment security, family functioningfaltered. From theCambridge English Corpus However, in 1973 the programfalteredin its growth because of a dropoff in contraceptive pill acceptors. From theCambridge English Corpus As e^orts to dislodge the government as the leading sector of the economyfaltered, so did e^orts to privatize the economy. From theCambridge English Corpus The promise of independence took a real hit when the economyfalteredin 1990. From theCambridge English Corpus From the beginning the alliancefaltered. From theCambridge English Corpus However, although the hydrocarbon sector upgraded its performance and added revenues, the rest of the productive sector - most of it state-owned - continued to decline, and the privatization programfaltered. From theCambridge English Corpus The momentum to implement the necessary measures has repeatedlyfalteredin the face of often short-sighted resistance on the part of the governments. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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