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.
  1. 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。
  2. His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria.
     他的声音近乎歇斯底里。
  3. ...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
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• He has already learned much of what there is to know about us, and he is teetering on the verge of another discovery.
  他已经学习到很多可以了解我们的方法，而且他又快找到了另一个大发现。
• With Europe and America teetering on the edge of turmoil, investors and politicians are desperate to know whether there is anything that the IMF and Lagarde can do to stem the sense of panic.
  在欧洲和美国都濒临动荡之际，投资者和政界人士都急于知道，imf和拉加德究竟能否有所作为，平息众人的恐慌情绪？
• I actually skated, and despite some teetering I did not fall on the ice
  我真的滑冰了——尽管有些踉跄，但没有跌跟头。
• President Obama started his first term with a bang, simultaneously engineering an auto industry rescue, stabilizing a teetering Wall Street, and negotiating a massive stimulus package to wrench the economy back from the brink.
  当年，奥巴马首次当选美国总统可谓轰动一时，他不仅拯救了美国汽车行业，稳定了风雨飘摇的华尔街，并且提出一系列大规模经济刺激方案，把美国经济从崩溃的边缘拉了回来。
• If anything goes wrong, you are teetering high above the center ring with no safety net, because this method glosses over a critical concept.
  如果出现任何问题，您就像是步履蹒跚的高高走在没有安全网保护的中心环之上，因为该方法掩盖了一个关键的概念。
• China held out longer than most; much of the developed world is already in recession, after all, and a number of developing countries are teetering on the brink.
  中国比多数国家都坚持了更长时间；毕竟，相当大部分的发达世界已经在衰退状态中，而许多发展中国家正在悬崖边上挣扎。
• 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。
• 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***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。
• 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？
• 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。