今天我們要學的詞是 sputter.

Sputter is spelled s-p-u-t-t-e-r-, sputter. Sputter 可以用來形容噴濺聲、噼啪聲，也指放緩、勉強進行。After tax cuts, rising incomes and buoyant stock markets set off a consumer boom in 2018, signs are emerging that the main engine of U.S. economic growth could sputter. 在減稅、收入上升和強勁股市帶動2018年的消費熱潮之后，有跡象顯示美國經濟增長的驅動力可能會放緩。

The Chinese economy is at a crossroads as real estate and retail sales started to falter, while job jitters mount and China's factories sputter ahead of the Lunar New Year. 中國經濟正處于十字路口，房市和零售業出現下滑，工廠在農歷新年之前蕭條，工作機會不穩定。