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stumble over sth
stumble over/on 后接导致绊倒的物体。
He stumbled over a rock.
他绊到了一块石头。
绊倒；踉跄；跌跌撞撞地走
stumbling — present participle of stumble
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绊倒；踉跄；跌跌撞撞地走
to trip or nearly fall while walking
He stumbled over a rock.
他绊到了一块石头。
绊倒或跌倒；笨拙地走
To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
犯错或遇到困难
To make a mistake or have trouble.
使绊倒或跌倒
To cause to stumble or trip.
误导；使困惑；使犯错或跌倒
To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
stumble
Base
原形
stumbles
3rd person
第三人称单数
stumbling
-ing
现在分词
stumbled
Past
过去式
stumbled
Past participle
过去分词
I often stumble when I walk.
我走路时经常绊倒。
He stumbled over a rock yesterday.
他昨天被石头绊倒了。
She is stumbling because she is tired.
她因为累而跌跌撞撞。
She stumbled on the uneven sidewalk but managed to stay on her feet.
她在不平整的人行道上绊了一下，但还是稳住了身体。
He was stumbling through the dark room, trying not to wake anyone.
他在黑暗的房间里跌跌撞撞地走着，尽量不吵醒任何人。
Be careful on these rocks, or you may stumble and hurt yourself.
在这些石头上要小心，否则你可能会绊倒受伤。
stumble over/on 后接导致绊倒的物体。
He stumbled over a rock.
他绊到了一块石头。
stumble into 表示进入某地时步履不稳。
She stumbled into the room, exhausted.
她跌跌撞撞地走进房间，筋疲力尽。
stumble upon/across 表示意外发现。
I stumbled upon an old photo album.
我偶然发现了一本旧相册。
Not this
I stumbled a stone.
Use this
I stumbled over a stone.
动词stumble是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语。表达'绊倒某物'时，需要使用介词over或on。中文直译'绊倒石头'误用了及物结构。
Not this
I stumbled to fall.
Use this
I stumbled and fell.
stumble后不应该接不定式表示结果，而是用and连接两个先后发生的动作。中文的'绊倒摔倒了'不能直译为'stumble to fall'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
偶然发现某物；无意中碰到某物
I stumbled on an old photograph while cleaning the attic.
我打扫阁楼时偶然发现了一张旧照片。
被某物绊倒
She stumbled over a toy left on the floor.
她被地板上的玩具绊倒了。
说话结结巴巴；语无伦次
He was so nervous that he stumbled over his words.
他紧张得说话结结巴巴。
艰难地完成；勉强应付
The new employee stumbled through his first training session.
那位新员工勉强完成了第一次培训。
意外陷入；偶然进入
She stumbled into a career in marketing after college.
大学毕业后她偶然进入了市场营销行业。
跌跌撞撞地走；蹒跚而行
We stumbled around in the dark looking for the flashlight.
我们在黑暗中跌跌撞撞地找手电筒。
偶然发现；无意中遇到
I stumbled upon a rare book in the used bookstore.
我在旧书店里偶然发现了一本罕见的书。
说话结巴；语无伦次
She was so nervous that she stumbled over her words at the meeting.
她太紧张了，开会时说话结结巴巴。
偶然进入；无意中陷入
He stumbled into a career in photography after college.
大学毕业后，他偶然进入了摄影这一行。
如果你绊倒了，就把它变成舞蹈的一部分。
A popular motivational saying, often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though the attribution is unverified; it encourages people to turn mistakes into part of the journey.
这是一句广为人知的励志格言，常被归于埃莉诺·罗斯福，但出处并无确证；它鼓励人们把错误当作人生旅程的一部分。
绊一小跤，也许能避免摔一跤。
An old English proverb still quoted today; it means a minor setback can teach a lesson and help avoid a more serious failure.
这是一句至今仍常被引用的古老英国谚语，意思是小挫折能让人吸取教训，从而避免更大的失败。
Use stumbling naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：脚下被石头(st)一绊，踉跄(tumble)欲倒——stumble 就是‘绊倒、踉跄，也可能偶然碰到’。
语域：neutral 常见场景：行走或运动时、说话或演讲时、阅读或研究时 stumble 属中性常用词，正式和非正式场合都较常见。具体含义多依赖上下文：单独使用通常表示“绊倒”或“踉跄”，后接 on/upon/across 时多表示“偶然发现”。日常和书面表达中均可见。
stumble 是不及物动词，常与介词 over, across, upon, into 搭配使用。
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