sputter
sputter 英 ['spʌtə] 美 ['spʌtɚ]
vi. 发劈啪声；唾沫飞溅；结结巴巴地讲 vt. 气急败坏地说；飞溅出；喷出 n. 劈啪声；喷溅声；急切的言语
进行时:sputtering 过去式:sputtered 过去分词:sputtered 第三人称单数:sputters 名词复数:sputters
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- vi. 发劈啪声；唾沫飞溅；结结巴巴地讲
- vt. 气急败坏地说；飞溅出；喷出
- n. 劈啪声；喷溅声；急切的言语
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1. If the West continues to sputter, what happens when Asia’s fiscal stimulus and restocking fade?
假如西方世界继续唾沫飞溅地发表评论，而当亚洲的财政刺激影响减弱，囤货变少，将会发生什么事？
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2. Let their cars sputter for a moment on the freeway and they waste no time heading for the repair shop.
他们宁愿让车子的马达在高速公路上不断发出劈啪声，也不愿浪费丝毫的时间开往修车铺进行维修。
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3. The almighty American consumer was the engine of global growth, but it will most likely continue to sputter even after the banks are repaired.
强大的美国消费者过去是全球经济增长的引擎，但即使在银行被修复好之后，这个引擎也很有可能会继续运行不畅。
- sputter (v.) 1590s, "to spit with explosive sounds," cognate with Dutch sputteren, West Frisian sputterje, from Proto-Germanic *sput- (see spout (v.)). Related: Sputtered; sputtering. The noun is attested from 1670s.
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