sputter

常见例句

If a few FAI cylinders are beginning to sputter, though, three years on from the big post-Lehman stimulus, this is no disaster.
然而，即便有几个固定资产投资的“气瓶”将要断气，但在雷曼兄弟倒闭后出台大规模刺激三年之后的今天，这不算太糟。
As negotiations continue to sputter, there have been disputes amongst different opposition groups about the exact terms of an agreement with Mr Saleh.
随着谈判的继续深入，对于与萨利赫所达成协议的一些确切条款，在不同的反对团体中已经出现争拗。
The other day in the midst of Port-au-Prince, the great degraded capital city that is my home, I saw a car, an old battered car, a jalopy, falter and sputter and come to a slow halt.
几天前在我的家乡——极度堕落的首都太子港，我看见一辆汽车，一辆破烂不堪的老爷车，吱吱嘎嘎地开过来，一路东倒西歪，越开越慢，最后停下不动了。没汽油了。

But with 17.2 million U.S. homes already owning two or more PCs, that idea could sputter.
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And if IBM's financial services do begin to sputter, the fallout won't mean much near-term loss.
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The Fed chief said the U.S. economy still could sputter and needs to show continued growth.
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