floundering
present participle offlounder
| 单词 | floundering |
| 释义 | floundering present participle offlounder flounder verb[I] uk/ˈflaʊn.dər/us/ˈflaʊn.dɚ/toexperiencegreatdifficultiesor becompletelyunabletodecidewhat to do or say next: Helostthe nextpageof hisspeechand flounderedaround/aboutfor a fewseconds. Although hisbusinesswas asuccess, hismarriagewas floundering. Richardsonresignedaschairman,leavingthecompanyfloundering. Experiencing difficulties
Examplesofflounderingfloundering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The verification methods used here can also be used to show that programs are free from (full) unification, occur-check, andfloundering. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, treatment offlounderingwithin negation is improved (it is often done poorly). From theCambridge English Corpus In the individual projects, specific theorems are given in the project assignment to keep the students fromfloundering. From theCambridge English Corpus We have also ignoredfloundering, which can occur as well as or instead of the other behaviours. From theCambridge English Corpus An agent is said to beflounderingif it stays in the sleep state forever. From theCambridge English Corpus It is the programmer's responsibility to prevent agents fromfloundering. From theCambridge English Corpus The actors werefloundering: they committed themselves to making strange noises, artificial and energetic gestures, but it was all curiously empty and unengaging. From theCambridge English Corpus It is corporeal but notfloundering. From theCambridge English Corpus However, because of our commitment to state education, some four-year-olds are taking up places in the local authority nurseries and are leaving those groupsfloundering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are allflounderingaround trying to understand, and getting extremely angry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They seem to beflounderingover what is happening within their party and over the divisions that exist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have beenflounderingfor years on this subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 My noble friend generously said that he wasflounderingwhen he asked his first question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no wonder that we areflounderingaround in the dark. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Would a private contractor,flounderingin the first few months of a four-year contract, have done half as well? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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