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stumble on

/stuhm-buhl/US // ˈstʌm bəl //UK // (ˈstʌmbəl) //

绊倒,绊脚石,绊倒在地,绊倒了

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    stum·bled, stum·bling.

    • : to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
    • : to walk or go unsteadily: to stumble down a dark passage.
    • : to make a slip, mistake, or blunder, especially a sinful one: to stumble over a question; to stumble and fall from grace.
    • : to proceed in a hesitating or blundering manner, as in action or speech.
    • : to discover or meet with accidentally or unexpectedly: They stumbled on a little village.
    • : to falter or hesitate, as at an obstacle to progress or belief.
v.有主动词 verb
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    stum·bled, stum·bling.

    • : to cause to stumble; trip.
    • : to give pause to; puzzle or perplex.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the act of stumbling.
    • : a moral lapse or error.
    • : a slip or blunder.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inlocate
as inunearth
as inchance
as indetect

Examples

  • The closest thing Rutgers has to a bad loss is a stumble at Michigan State.

  • The metrics love Illinois, but it is a 9-5 team with a few stumbles at home.

  • Leaders in California and elsewhere have made similar stumbles.

  • Naturally, Big Tech’s retrenchment has heightened the debate over whether its leaders are vastly overpriced and long overdue for a steep slide, or simply suffering a temporary stumble.

  • Jesse Marx and Lisa Halverstadt broke the news of Thompson’s departure and reviewed the list of stumbles that led to it.

  • At 5:00 a.m. the clubs get going properly; the Forbes stumble down from their loggias, grinning and swaying tipsily.

  • A party that cannot make these decisions openly and confidently will stumble in 2016.

  • Meanwhile, the labor unions and liberal groups that nominally backed Cuomo could not be more thrilled to see him stumble.

  • I stumble through interviews for my job at NY1, memories flooding back.

  • At the end of the fourth season premiere, Arya and The Hound stumble upon a tavern in the woods.

  • You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.

  • And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared, and taken.

  • And he shall turn his face to the empire of his own land, and he shall stumble, and fall, ans shall not be found.

  • I feel feverish: my feet drag heavily, and I stumble against the railing.

  • These four years through which I may—must stumble along with my hands tied, are a fair example.