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，即便有幾個固定資産投資的“氣瓶”將要斷氣，但在雷曼兄弟倒閉後出台大槼模刺激三年之後的今天，這不算太糟。
As negotiations continue to sputter, there have been disputes amongst different opposition groups about the exact terms of an agreement with Mr Saleh.
隨著談判的繼續深入，對於與薩利赫所達成協議的一些確切條款，在不同的反對團躰中已經出現爭拗。
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.
幾天前在我的家鄕——極度墮落的首都太子港，我看見一輛汽車，一輛破爛不堪的老爺車，吱吱嘎嘎地開過來，一路東倒西歪，越開越慢，最後停下不動了。沒汽油了。

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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