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flounder v.挣扎；踌躇；笨拙而错乱地说或做n.挣扎；错乱的行动n.比目鱼；鲽 (1) 他挣扎着在痛苦中死去。(2) 她只能慌乱地在水里挣扎。(3) 我以为比目鱼是扁平的。(4) 我们非常高兴住在海边，因为我们非常爱吃比目鱼。(5) 摘要野生的圆斑星鲽必须经过驯养后才能做为人工养殖亲鱼使用。 To flounder is to be unsteady or uncertain. It's probably from the Dutch word floddern, "to flop about," or it's a mix of founder ("to fail") and blunder ("do something clumsy"). If you flounder in the ocean, you need a surfer dude to scoop you up. You don't have to be in water, though; you can flounder any time you're a little wobbly — like after a long hike or during the last hour of the SATs. Either way, when you flounder, you wish you were a flat fish at the bottom of the sea.

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英 ['flaʊndə(r)] 美 ['flaʊndər] (1) His flounder in pain and sufferings dying.(2) She could only flounder in the water.(3) I consider a flounder to be flat.(4) We are glad that we live near the sea because we love to eat flounder.(5) Wild variegate flounder Verasper can be used as broodstocks through domestication in captivity. A flounder is a flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head; and, as a verb, to flounder is to wobble around like a fish out of water. The plural form for meaning 4 can be either flounder or flounders. 义项 4 的复数形式可以用 flounder 或 flounders。1[VERB 动词]深陷困境；困难重重 If something is floundering, it has many problems and may soon fail completely.   [V]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。2[VERB 动词]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.   [V]  [V around]  [disapproval]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。3[VERB 动词](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.   [V adv/prep]  [Also V]Three men were floundering about in the water.有 3 个人在水中挣扎。4[N-VAR 可变名词]比目鱼 A flounder is a flat fish that you can eat. Flounder is this fish eaten as food.(供食用的)比目鱼，偏口Mr. Dambar had loaded his plate with stuffed flounder.但拔先生的餐盘里盛满了填馅的比目鱼。

英语单词	flounder
英美音标	英 ['flaʊndə(r)] 美 ['flaʊndər]
中文释义	v.挣扎；踌躇；笨拙而错乱地说或做 n.挣扎；错乱的行动 n.比目鱼；鲽
英语例句	(1) His flounder in pain and sufferings dying. (2) She could only flounder in the water. (3) I consider a flounder to be flat. (4) We are glad that we live near the sea because we love to eat flounder. (5) Wild variegate flounder Verasper can be used as broodstocks through domestication in captivity.
中文例句	(1) 他挣扎着在痛苦中死去。 (2) 她只能慌乱地在水里挣扎。 (3) 我以为比目鱼是扁平的。 (4) 我们非常高兴住在海边，因为我们非常爱吃比目鱼。 (5) 摘要野生的圆斑星鲽必须经过驯养后才能做为人工养殖亲鱼使用。
vocabulary简明	A flounder is a flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head; and, as a verb, to flounder is to wobble around like a fish out of water.
vocabulary扩展	To flounder is to be unsteady or uncertain. It's probably from the Dutch word floddern, "to flop about," or it's a mix of founder ("to fail") and blunder ("do something clumsy"). If you flounder in the ocean, you need a surfer dude to scoop you up. You don't have to be in water, though; you can flounder any time you're a little wobbly — like after a long hike or during the last hour of the SATs. Either way, when you flounder, you wish you were a flat fish at the bottom of the sea.
柯林斯解释	The plural form for meaning 4 can be either flounder or flounders. 义项 4 的复数形式可以用 flounder 或 flounders。 1 [VERB 动词]深陷困境；困难重重 If something is floundering, it has many problems and may soon fail completely. [V] 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。 2 [VERB 动词]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. [V] [V around] [disapproval] 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。 3 [VERB 动词](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. [V adv/prep] [Also V] Three men were floundering about in the water. 有 3 个人在水中挣扎。 4 [N-VAR 可变名词]比目鱼 A flounder is a flat fish that you can eat. Flounder is this fish eaten as food.(供食用的)比目鱼，偏口 Mr. Dambar had loaded his plate with stuffed flounder. 但拔先生的餐盘里盛满了填馅的比目鱼。

Flounder Fish Water Flat Verb 动词 I Floundering