1.衰退。
The economy faltered. 經濟衰退。With China gathering strength while Japan falters, many Japanese conservatives see little but confrontation ahead. 在中國強大日本衰退的情況下，許多日本保守派人士眼前看到的只是對立衝突。
Foreign private in-vestment has faltered this summer and fall. 今年夏季和秋季的外國私人投資已經衰退。
Without his leadership the opposition could falter, jeopardizing his legacy. 沒有他的領導，反對勢力可能會衰退，危害他的歷史地位。
2.動搖。
The public faith in the President seemed to be faltering. 民眾對總統的信心似乎正在動搖。
3.表現失常。
While clay court specialists faltered, two former world number ones stole the show on courts made harder by the heat and sun. 正當紅土專家表現失常時，兩位前任球王都在被陽光和熱氣曬得愈來愈乾的球場上搶鋒頭。
He held the Yankees to four scoreless innings before faltering in the fifth frame. 他在第五局表現失常之前對洋基投了四局無失分。
4.表現不佳。
He said it would be his own fault if he faltered in the coming months. 他說如果未來幾月他表現不佳，那將是他自己的責任。
5.出現不穩。
He reduced his mistakes while his opponent started to falter. 他失誤變少，而他的對手卻開始出現不穩。
6.有變化。
The food supply we take for granted may falter. 我們視為理所當然的食物來源可能會有變化。
Her relationship faltered when she learned that her husband was having an affair. 當她知道先生有外遇時她的婚姻關係有了變化。
7.失敗。
If the relief effort falters, the antagonism between rebels and the government might only deepen. 如果賑災工作失敗，叛軍和政府的敵對可能只會加深。
Efforts to build a regional tsunami warning system have faltered. 建立一個區域性海嘯預警系統的努力已經失敗。
8.跌。
Property prices are expected to falter this year, but by last month they had doubled from their post-handover low. 房地產價格預計今年會跌，但到上月為止，它已是主權移交後最低價的兩倍。
9.出現變數。
Clinton’s Middle East peace deal faltered. 柯林頓的中東和平協議出現變數。
10.猶豫。
At first she planned to raise the twins along with her three other children but faltered under the pressure of her job. 起初她打算和她的其他三個小孩一道撫養這對雙胞胎，但在工作壓力下猶豫了。
11.退縮。
U.S.-backed war on drugs is faltering. 美國支持的反毒戰爭正在退縮。
12.受挫。
If he falters in China, it wouldn’t be his first brush with failure. 如果他在中國受挫，那不會是他第一次嚐到失敗。
