Someone mutters and the street lamp sputters .

有人喃喃低语，而街灯也在噼啪作响。

And when so many want to spend less than their incomes , an economy sputters .

而当所有人都希望紧缩开支的时候，经济就吃不消了。

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。

If apple 's legendary innovation engine finally sputters , a rival product could turn apple into the nokia of tablets .

如果苹果充满传奇色彩的创新发动机最终熄火，竞争对手的某款产品就有可能把苹果变成平板电脑市场的诺基亚。

The controversy over the martian meteorite still sputters on today because they contain only a few alleged fossils , rather than living bacteria .

关于火星陨石的悖论在今天看来仍然是逻辑混乱的，因为它们包含一些声称的化石而不是存活的细菌。