The flame sputters out.

火焰噼啪噼啪地熄灭了。

Fat sputters in the frying pan.

肥油在炸锅里劈啪劈啪地响。

Tom is right old, he often sputters his past.

汤姆的确老了，他总是爱语无伦次地说他的往事。

Tom is right old, he often sputters his past .

汤姆的确老了，他总是爱语无伦次地说他的往事。

Worst cases can lead to recession or the dreaded "stagflation", when inflation soars and growth sputters.

当时最严重的情况是在通货膨胀物价剧增时导致经济萧条或可怕的滞涨现象。

Well, it's not supposed to be disposable, but evidently the Kitty's solar charger sputters out after 500 USES or so.

好吧，也不能说它是一次性的，但显然这款Kitty猫太阳能充电器用过大约500次后就会报废。

And what we may not realize is that there's interaction, that the slower you run the machine at, the more it sputters.

我们没有意识到的是，事情是相互的，你越减缓机器的运转速度，它就响得越厉害。

The HPA official suggested that just as youngsters seek to emulate professionals' dribbles, so too may they copy players' sputters.

健康保护局官方称，一如青少年争相效仿专业球员得盘带技术一样，他们也会照模学样地当起“洒水车”来。

Whether the nation's huge business machine sputters or steams ahead depends on millions of individual consumers, the real "bosses" of the American economy.

这个国家巨大的商业机器是噼啪作响要熄火还是奋力前行，这就要看数以百万计的个体消费者，即美国经济的真正“老板”了。

Though an improvement over the first Twilight film, this sequel (both based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling books) drags and sputters, even in scenes meant to be infused with passion.

尽管比起第一部《暮光之城》有所改进，这同样改编自斯蒂芬妮·梅耶畅销小说的续集《新月》情节拖沓，语词含糊，即使是本该激情四溢的桥段亦是如此。

The occasional taxi sputters past, coasting downhill to save petrol and charging at least twice the usual rate due to fuel shortages. More firewood is being sold because cooking gas is now scarce.

由于能源短缺，时而呼啸而过的出租车趁着重力往山下飞奔，以节省油费，收费却是平常的两倍。