teetering
英 [ˈtiːtərɪŋ]
美 [ˈtiːtərɪŋ]
v. 摇晃; 蹒跚行走; 踉跄; 摇摇欲坠
teeter的现在分词
现在分词:teetering
BNC.44425 / COCA.30320
柯林斯词典
- VERB 濒临(危险的形势)
Teeteris used in expressions such asteeter on the brinkandteeter on the edgeto emphasize that something seems to be in a very unstable situation or position.- Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy...
有 3 家宾馆已破产在管,其他几家正在破产的边缘徘徊。 - His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria.
他的声音近乎歇斯底里。 - ...white towns teetering precariously on the edge of cliffs.
在悬崖边上摇摇欲坠的几座白色小镇
- Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy...
- VERB (人)步履蹒跚,踉踉跄跄;(物)摇摇欲坠,东倒西歪
If someone or somethingteeters, they shake in an unsteady way, and seem to be about to lose their balance and fall over.- Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance...
海德转移了一下重心,就感到自己往前倾,开始失去平衡。 - He watched the cup teeter on the edge before it fell.
他眼看着茶杯在边上摇摇欲坠,然后掉落。
- Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance...
双语例句
- The country is teetering on the brink of war.
该国正面临一场战争。 - Until the company ships that first successful product everything is teetering atop the pitch.
在公司制造出第一个成功的产品以前,所有事情都在“pitch”上面摇摇晃晃。 - A week later the country was teetering on the brink of civil war.
而一周之后,肯尼亚却偷天换日地走到了内战的边缘地带。 - Reach out? Is Kevin stuck in quicksand? Is he teetering on the edge of a cliff? Can't we just ask him?
难道凯文在流沙区吗?或者他在悬崖边摇摇欲坠?难道我们就不能问一下他? - Afghanistan's opium industry is teetering on the brink of legalisation, and could provide a source of opiates for the developing world, reports Katharine Sanderson in this Nature article.
KatharineSanderson在《自然》杂志的这篇新闻特写中报道,阿富汗的鸦片业在可能到来的合法化种植边缘步履蹒跚,而它可能成为发展中国家新的阿片类(麻醉剂)药物来源。 - Once the foolhardy are teetering on the precipice, it is too late for smugness.
一旦一些愚勇之士悬崖边命悬一线,自鸣得意为时已晚。 - The bad news is that the world economy is teetering on the brink of what may well be the most damaging slowdown since the Second World War.
坏消息是,世界经济正处于很可能是二战以来最具破坏性的经济减速的边缘。 - Cities teetering on the brink of failure, such as Detroit, are often studded by boarded-up houses and empty business districts.
底特律等濒临破产边缘的城市中,通常布满了木板房和空荡荡的商业区。 - China is teetering on the brink of a radical policy change that could transform not just China, but also world financial markets.
中国正徘徊在一场根本性政策变革的边缘,这一政策变革不仅会改变中国,还会改变全球金融市场。 - Wave after wave of wave soaked my ankle, multicolored rosy clouds, teetering on a single lonely heart.
一波又一波的浪浸湿了我的脚踝,五彩斑斓的彩霞,徘徊着一颗孤寂的心。