falter的意思|falter的解释-里氏词典

Falter \Fal"ter\, v. t.
To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak
manner.

And here he faltered forth his last farewell. --Byron.

Mde me most happy, faltering ``I am thine.''
--Tennyson.

Falter \Fal"ter\, n. [See {Falter}, v. i.]
Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken
sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.

The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. --Lowell.

Falter \Fal"ter\, v. t.
To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

Falter \Fal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faltered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Faltering}.] [OE. falteren, faltren, prob. from fault.
See {Fault}, v. & n.]
1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as,
his tongue falters.

With faltering speech and visage incomposed.
--Milton.

2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. ``He found his legs
falter.'' --Wiseman.

3. To hesitate in purpose or action.

Ere her native king
Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. --Shak.

4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said
of the mind or of thought.

Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space
and distance falters. --I. Taylor.

The trade liberalization talks, known as the Uruguay Round for the country where they were launched in 1986, are scheduled to conclude in December, but U.S. officials fear they could falter without agreement on the agriculture question.
Not all these companies believe their earnings growth will falter: indeed, AMP specifically said it expects record earnings for the next two quarters.
The general strike, called by a 200-group alliance opposed to the Panamanian military leader's regime, appeared to falter, with most commerce and transportation proceeding uninterrupted.
But shortly thereafter the U.S. construction industry, a bellwether of the business cycle, began to falter.
As the U.S. economy continues to falter at the beginning of an election year, President Bush has been seeking to balance his desire to reaffirm longstanding security ties with his need to aggressively pursue American trade interests.
But it could be premature for Mr. Davis to pursue AMR because he remains the backup bidder for UAL if a $6.79 billion offer by a fragile coalition of employees, management and British Airways PLC should falter.
If stock prices falter, however, the flurry of IPOs could come to a quick halt.
If the current trend toward economic cooperation were to falter, he said, U.S.-Soviet relations would suffer.
When the rains falter during the wet season, mothers keep their children at home to protect them from the dysentery and jaundice they believe occur in dry spells.
The intervention caused the U.S. currency to falter across the board in early European trading.
He retired in September 1987 but came back in March 1988 as the company continued to falter. The company said Monday it lost $19.6 million last year on revenue of $202.9 million.
Intel, however, had registered similar surges in early 1986 and 1985 only to see orders tail off later in the year, and that demand for its chips could falter again, Mr. Moore cautioned.
But Bakstansky said one of the generators began to falter Thursday and Fed officials decided to take the precautionary step of relocating the entire operation to an emergency backup site in Pearl River, N.Y., a northern suburb.
Endara, whose government appeared to falter at first, received another boost Thursday when the pro-Noriega Labor Party recognized his government.
It is, therefore, vulnerable to a fall in business should its performance falter.
His candidacy had been rumored since the weekend, when party Secretary-General Ryutaro Hashimoto's bid began to falter.
Eric Miller, chief investment strategist for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, expects to see a demonstration of "how volatile sentiment is and how shallow the conviction is" when the bulls falter as the stock market stalls or even slips in coming days.
But in 1970, Chilean stability began to falter following the election to the presidency of Salvador Allende, a self-declared Marxist whose change in direction from the past brought political and economic disorder.
But without Milken leading the firm's Beverly Hills, Calif., junk bond division, Drexel's pre-eminence in the lucrative field began to falter, and some clients steered clear because of its tarnished reputation.
Only in the final sequence does the film falter.
Liberal leader Sharon Carstairs, a former Winnipeg teacher, became the only woman opposition leader in Canada and is poised to become the country's first woman premier if the Conservatives falter.
The rule of older, conservative, tribal chiefs in the homelands began to falter in 1987 when Gen.
That agency has a $1.5 billion deficit and, should it falter, taxpayers ultimately could shoulder the responsibility.
Some real estate loans are likely to falter, analysts say. But rapid growth and speculation have pushed land prices in regional capitals so high that even if prices soften, they likely will remain above levels of a couple of years ago.
"I sleep so much better at night." Franchise-stock advocates say these companies are great for tough economic times, because they gain even more customers as other concerns falter.
If President Menem should falter, the skeptics would carry the day, and the Central Bank would not be able to withstand the ensuing speculative attack.
If barriers to imports are set too high, trade diversion will outweigh trade creation, economic efficiency will deteriorate and export performance falter.
The long-awaited talks on Poland's future between the government and the opposition appeared to falter as authorities objected to two Solidarity representatives.
Ozal said there would be no need to resort to military action against Iraq if the worldwide embargo is strictly enforced. "I have a feeling the world this time will not falter," he said.
Prices began to falter in midsession, however, when dealers sensed there would be no German rate cuts.

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