Wormtail, who had been sputtering incoherently, fell silent at once.

正在结结巴巴、语无伦次地说着什么的虫尾巴，这时立刻沉默下来。

Meanwhile, the celebrated American economic-mobility engine is sputtering.

与此同时，美国著名的经济流动引擎正在熄火。

With his face flushed, he began shouting and sputtering about firing everyone who worked there.

他的脸气得通红，开始咆哮，气急败坏地说要开除那儿所有的员工。

Joy crawled onshore, pulled to safety by a sputtering Anger, Fear, and Disgust.

乐乐爬上岸，被噼啪作响的怒怒、怕怕和厌厌拉到了安全的地方。

The same sputtering of syllables was heard, drowned by the tittering of the class.

新生还是说了一个稀里糊涂的名字，全班都笑得更厉害了。

But as diplomats keep talking, the guns keep sputtering and civilians like Ms Voevchik keep suffering.

但随着外交官们谈判的继续，双方仍然在交火。

Air pollution outside is easy to spot, hanging over the city, or sputtering from a tailpipe.

室外空气污染很容易看出来，污染物悬浮在城市上方，或者从排气管溅射出来。

Africa's biggest economy, which relies on oil for 70% of its revenue, is sputtering as prices fall.

尼日利亚是非洲最大的经济体，但它的财政收入有七成来自石油产业，随着油价的下行，该国的经济也后继乏力。

Japan reported a fresh contamination case involving Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, threatening to slow the country's sputtering inoculation campaign.

日本报告了一起涉及莫德纳公司新冠病毒疫苗的新的污染案件，这可能会减缓该国断续进行的疫苗接种活动。

(dramatic coughing and sputtering) What did I do?

（剧烈咳嗽和溅射）我做了什么？