faltering的意思|faltering的解释-里氏词典

faltering ['fɔltɚ]

a. 犹豫的, 蹒跚的, 支吾的

Jane walked boldly up to the platform without faltering.
简沉著大胆地走上讲台.
A pause or faltering in speech.
支吾在讲话中停顿或结巴
A faltering sound.
发颤的声音

faltering

[ noun ]

the act of pausing uncertainly

<noun.act>

there was a hesitation in his speech

[ adj ]

unsteady in speech or action

<adj.all>

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.

Faltering \Fal"ter*ing\, a.
Hesitating; trembling. ``With faltering speech.'' --Milton.
-- n. Falter; halting; hesitation. -- {Fal"ter*ing*ly}, adv.

Being outside the government structure would also make it easier for the workers to organize strikes, another threat to the faltering economy.
Russia's reform overshadows all others, because of its size and its resources: here, there are distinct signs of faltering.
The recovery may not be running away with itself, but it is not exactly faltering either.
Time Warner is making a major effort to attract readers to its faltering Entertainment Weekly.
Meanwhile, Solidarity activists writing in the pro-Solidarity Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper on Monday stressed the need for drastic action to boost the faltering Polish economy.
MNC Financial Corp. plans to sell its profitable $1 billion credit card operation, one of the country's largest, in an attempt to shore up its faltering finances.
Without solid evidence that the recovery is faltering, a cut seems unlikely.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association says federal spending cuts negotiated between Congress and the Bush administration will erode an already faltering rural economy if they are not reversed.
With "promising signs of a slowing in inflation" freeing its hand to ease policy, Mr. Greenspan said the Fed must be alert to the chance of a muted or faltering U.S. economic recovery.
Arab leaders will meet here this week for a mini-summit to discuss faltering peace efforts in the Middle East, Arab diplomatic sources said Saturday.
Indeed, the inability of the Dow Jones industrials to push above the psychologically important 3000 level was a key sign that the stock market was faltering.
Then it acquired Luxor AB, Sweden's faltering state-owned electronics and computer concern.
Although IBM last year produced its first strong results in four years and was expected to continue to roll this year, it began faltering as early as January.
The agreement would replace the faltering June accord between rebels and the Soviet-backed government, who have been fighting for 14 years.
But IBM's statements yesterday also suggested that it itself is faltering a bit in the PC wars.
There are many circumstances under which such mandatory notification would actually force a faltering business to close _ by driving away creditors, suppliers, customers, and in the process destroying jobs.
Stocks were already faltering after central bank tightening all over the world.
The emergency proposals, aimed at bolstering the faltering economy and ensuring proper energy supplies for winter, also provide for nearly total military control of rail traffic in the volatile Transcaucasus.
The UK recorded an Pounds 88m deficit on trade with the US and Canada last month, after five months of small surpluses. Figures for trade with other EC nations, available up to July, indicate that the deficit is increasing mainly due to faltering exports.
The suggestion was that faltering leadership in Washington leads to faltering stocks on Wall Street.
The suggestion was that faltering leadership in Washington leads to faltering stocks on Wall Street.
Byrd characterized his aid package, worked out over two weeks of discussions with more than a dozen Senate Democrats, as one that would give incentives to both the Sandinistas and the rebels to revive and conclude their faltering peace talks.
President Bush spent part of his weekend promoting his faltering free-trade agreement with Mexico, telling groups of Hispanic business leaders, as well as Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, of the importance he places on concluding the pact.
There is no question that Nicaragua invaded Honduras." Gephardt was focusing almost exclusively on Michigan, which poses a make-or-break test for his faltering candidacy.
Oil prices are falling, and yesterday's weak US employment figures point to a faltering recovery.
If it appears too often, team spirit may be faltering.
Philip B. Erlanger, chief technical analyst at Advest in Hartford, Conn., says there are signs even on the New York Stock Exchange that many issues are faltering.
As it happened, only a few months into the contract, the supplier was faltering.
Industrial output is on the slide, down 5 per cent year-on-year in September, for the 24th month running, the longest decline on record. One structural weakness revealed by Japan's recession is the faltering supply of credit.
Analysts have feared that Continental's faltering service, the result of its overnight consolidation with People Express Inc., would scare away passengers in the revenue-rich summer season.

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