floundering

I knew I had untapped potential, but I always felt as if I was floundering.

我知道我有潜力未被发掘，但是我总是有一种在挣扎的感觉。

When we got to the river, the enemy were still floundering through the mud.

当我们赶到河边时，敌人还在沼泽地里挣扎爬行。

I wasn't expecting the interviewer to ask about my private life and was left floundering for a while.

我没想到主持面试的人问我私生活的事，就犹豫了一下。

The army, now one of the most solid state institutions after years of floundering, presents the biggest threat to al-Qaeda.

军队作为经过数年战火洗礼最坚实的政府组织，被认为是基地组织的最大威胁。

Black oil is washing ashore, at least one person drowned in the viscous oil slick, and efforts to clean up the mess are floundering.

黑色的油污冲刷着海岸，至少有一人在黏稠的浮油中溺死，清理残局的工作目前困难重重。

If your team is floundering near the bottom of the pack, it may be time to make some moves and shake things up.

如果你的球队还在苦苦挣扎的话，是时候做些改变来改善情况了。

Your question seems to have unnerved the speaker; he's been floundering about ever since you spoke.

你的提问似乎打乱了演讲者的思想；你发言以后他说话就总出错。

Twenty-two year old David is floundering - stuck in that lazy period between college and "what am I going to do with the rest of my life? "

22岁的大卫即将大学毕业，“对于以后的人生我该怎么办呢？”，处在那个精神不济的阶段，他迷茫不知所措。

I wanted to make a good impression on her, but I felt I was floundering a half an hour into the date.

我想给她留下个好印象，但是约会开始半个小时了，我还是笨手笨脚的。

Your partner may be a floundering dancer, but my partner is so ungainly. She makes an elephant look like a ballerina.

你的舞伴可能还只是步点不稳，可是我的舞伴简直就奔得不像样。跟她比大象简直就是芭蕾舞演员。

The emphasis on solar energy is as much a lifeline for floundering Chinese firms as it is an effort to reduce emissions.

这些关于太阳能的强调（措施）犹如一股生命甘泉之于这些苦苦挣扎的企业，同时也是旨在减少排放量的一个努力。

I seem to be floundering in a sea of metaphor.

我好象在一大堆比喻里挣扎。

One of South Africa's leading HIV research initiatives is floundering due to a lack of funding.

南非的一个主要的艾滋病研究项目由于缺乏经费正在面临危机。

images from Fukushima, and the sense of floundering haplessness, will not be forgotten even if final figures reveal little damage to health.

福岛焦枯的景象、挣扎不幸将不会被遗忘，即使最终的数字显示对健康影响很小。

After eight years of rapid and increasing prosperity, Putin's Russia is floundering amid the global economic crisis.

在8年的快速增长和繁荣后，普京领导的俄罗斯正在全球经济危机中挣扎着。

Straightforward bankruptcy is usually the most efficient way to allow floundering firms to restructure or fail.

直接破产通常是使苦苦挣扎的公司重组或倒闭的最有效方法。

But a toxic combination of external debt and collapsing confidence left the economy floundering.

但是外债和信心崩溃的致命结合使国家陷入经济的困境。

Let us hope the west does not cling to the past, stubbornly proclaiming its superiority while floundering in the crisis it has unleashed.

让我们期待，西方国家不会固守过去，在自己所酿成的危机中挣扎的同时却在顽固地宣扬自己的无上优越性。

With the Japanese and euro zone economies floundering, the dollar becomes just about the only short-term alternative, analysts said.

由于日本和欧元区经济遭受重创，美元成为短期的唯一选择，分析师表示。

But, in 1997, a floundering Apple acquired Mr Job's second company, Next, and within the year he was back in control.

但在1997年，举步维艰的苹果收购了乔布斯的第二家公司Next，也就在那一年，乔布斯又重新获得了控制权。