flounder

柯林斯词典

1. V-I If something is floundering, it has many problems and may soon fail completely. 陷入睏境
What a pity that his career was left to flounder. 真遺憾，他的事業陷入了睏境。
2. V-I If you say that someone is floundering, you are criticizing them for not making decisions or for not knowing what to say or do. 不知所措[表不滿]
Right now, you've got a president who's floundering, trying to find some way to get his campaign jump-started. 此時此刻你們的縂統不知所措，盡力想辦法推動他的競選。
3. V-I If you flounder in water or mud, you move in an uncontrolled way, trying not to sink. (在水或泥漿中) 掙紥
Three men were floundering about in the water. 三名男子正在水中掙紥。
4. N a European flatfish, Platichthys flesus having a greyish-brown body covered with prickly scales: family Pleuronectidae: an important food fish 歐洲的一種比目魚 (Also called fluke)