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单词	falter
释义	fal·ter I. \ˈfȯlteə(r)\ verb (faltered ; faltered ; faltering \-ltəriŋ, -l.tr-\ ; falters) Etymology: Middle English falteren, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic faltrask to be burdened, be unsure, Faeroese fjaltra to tremble *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to walk in an unsteady or wavering manner : stumble, stagger < the naked stranger falters out of the thicket and drops to his knees — Dudley Fitts > b. : to be unsteady on one's feet : give way : totter < being eighty-nine, he had a chair … but … he stood without complaint or faltering — Joseph Bryan > < he could feel his legs falter > c. : to move waveringly or unsteadily as if uncertain < her eyes faltered away from his — Erle Stanley Gardner > < forced to bail out of faltering airplanes over the Alps — National Geographic > 2. : to speak brokenly or weakly : hesitate, stammer < his voice faltered just the least bit — Joseph Conrad > 3. a. : to hesitate in purpose or action : waver, flinch < never faltered in his determination to make good > < warned the Western democracies to suffer no division or faltering in their duty — Current Biography > b. : to lose drive, effectiveness, or momentum in some way : weaken, decline, fail < his powers of musical invention never falter or flag > < when a symbolist poem falters for a moment it is irretrievably lost — Burns Singer > < Britain's vaunted prosperity was faltering — Time > *transitive verb* : to utter with hesitation or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner < falter an excuse > Synonyms: see hesitate II. noun (-s) : the act or an instance of faltering < I managed to do what was required of me without falter — Lonnie Coleman > especially : quaver < a falter in her voice >
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