释义 |
falteringfal‧ter‧ing /ˈfɔːltərɪŋ $ ˈfɒːl-/ adjective - With faltering steps, the old lady left the office.
- A sound company in a faltering market may not be worth the price.
- Blood being thicker than water, he repeated, word for faltering word, everything his brother Henry had stated.
- His faltering authority was demonstrated in December when an extensive Cabinet reshuffle was forced upon him by factional leaders.
- Jack drove the car as near as he could towards the station building and switched off the faltering engine.
- The third section looks at the faltering progress towards integrated services.
- These soldiers dogged our faltering steps.
- This, and faltering output, has meant a rise in unit costs.
1nervous and uncertain or unsteady: a baby’s first faltering steps2becoming less effective or successful: the faltering Mideast peace talks—falteringly adverb |