1.[i][t]笨手笨脚地做（某事）；笨拙地摸找（某物）to use your hands in an awkward way when you are doing sth or looking for sth
She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief.她在口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。
He fumbled with the buttons on his shirt.他笨手笨脚地摆弄衬衣上的纽扣。
She was fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch.她摸黑找电灯开关。
He fumbled the key into the ignition.他笨拙地把钥匙插进汽车点火开关。
I fumbled to zip up my jacket.我笨手笨脚地拉上夹克的拉链。
2.[i][t]笨嘴拙舌地说话；支支吾吾地说to have difficulty speaking clearly or finding the right words to say
During the interview, she fumbled helplessly for words.面试时她支支吾吾找不出适当的话语。
to fumble an announcement结结巴巴地宣告
3.[t]~ sth失球；接球失误；漏接to drop a ball or to fail to stop or kick it
1.[sing]笨拙的手部动作；乱摸an awkward action using the hands
2.[c]（美式足球）失球，接球失误，漏接，掉球the action of dropping the ball while it is in play in American football
Nobody wants to see you fumble your way through your file system for that diagram you were supposed to explain.
没有人希望看到你为了找到要向大家解释的图，而在文件目录中苦苦搜寻。
With her free hand, Li managed to fumble it out, but there was no signal.
李万枝用另外一只手左摸右掏的总算把手机拿了出来，但是没有信号。
After all, you don't want the person you are getting ready to have sex with staring at you as you fumble with a condom.
毕竟，你并不希望在你苦苦探索如何佩戴避孕套的时候，那位你正准备发生性行为的伴侣一直凝视着你。
A quick fumble is often less erotic, and certainly not as indicative of desire.
快速笨拙地乱摸通常不那么能引起性欲，并且肯定不会表明欲望。
With her free hand, Ms. Li managed to fumble it out, but there was no signal.
李女士用另一只空闲的手，几经周折终于取出了手机，然而没有信号。
Arkansas kicked off to Texas, forced a fumble on the first possession, and scored less than a minute and a half into the game.
阿肯色队开球攻向德克萨斯队，第一次进攻就形成了对方的失球，不到一分半钟便得分。
Those who routinely fumble around with a remote control just trying to change the television channel might have stopped reading by now.
对于那些只用遥控器来换一下电视台就感到比较艰难的人们来说，他们说不定早就放弃尝试搞懂这件事了。
You have to put the ball through the hoop the right way so it's not banging around and guys don't fumble the ball.
你必须用正确的方式把球放进篮筐，不让球不会撞周围和其他的球员。
Since both sides concerns to be compared all the time delicate, that is in next fumble go up to be met more complex.
既然双方关系一直都比较微妙，那在下一步的摸索上就会更加复杂。
Moreover, when you fumble, be accountable for your actions and own up to the error.
此外，当您摸索，负责为您的行动和自己的错误行动。
There can be severe consequences for those who mismanage finances, fumble along without a business plan or don't understand clients.
那些无法管好财务，商业计划做得磕磕碰碰，不了解客户的设计者将会承担严重的后果。
"An actor may fumble his lines, " Clarence Darrow once wrote, "but a lawyer needs to be letter-perfect. "
“演员可以说错台词，”克莱伦斯·丹诺曾写道，“但律师必须字字正确。”
He will bluster and fumble - giving you a variety of new weapons with which to attack him.
他气势汹汹而说话又结结巴巴——这给了你多种可用以进行攻击的武器。
If you're unsure of what you want, you start to fumble and doubt yourself.
如果你没有确定你想要的是什么，你就开始犹豫并怀疑你自己。
Fumble a decision on Ivory Coast, and this may well legitimise all manner of incumbents holding on to power unconstitutionally.
在科特迪瓦问题上胡乱做决定，很可能会让各种靠违宪手段掌权的当权者合法。
A sergeant peering through the chinks in the barn wall watched Booth fumble around inside for his guns.
一名中士从谷仓墙壁上的一处裂缝里看见里面的布思正在胡乱找他的枪，便立即向布思射击。
With little or no previous experience, it is no wonder that you start to fumble.
由于你没有或者几乎没有相关的经验，难怪你开始做时就会笨手笨脚的。
Afghanistan, where the two countries fumble and fail to accommodate each other, will remain the crux of Pakistan's relations with America.
在阿富汗问题上，巴美两国处理不当而且调解失败，这将是巴美关系问题的症结所在。
That left Medvedev, a far less nimble rhetorician, to fumble for an explanation.
这让梅德韦杰夫，远不如一个灵活的修辞学家，摸索一个解释。
Eating in the lunchroom with the other kids watching him fumble with his food proved very painful to Roger.
在餐厅吃饭时，让其他小朋友看到他笨拙的吃相使他深感苦恼。
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