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

• But the picture is more mixed in countries like France, which are still teetering on the brink of the eurozone crisis.
  但在法国等国家，情况更多样化一些。这些国家仍处于欧元区危机的边缘。
• 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？
• And now we're teetering on the high wire.
  而我们现在仿佛在走钢丝。
• They were teetering on the edge of failure or even outright, expensive disaster.
  项目在失败的边缘摇摇欲坠，甚至可能是一场昂贵的灾难。
• 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。
• The construction, real estate and farming, as well as other sectors, are teetering.
  同其他部门一样，建筑、房地产和农业也摇摇欲坠。
• Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse
  他们的经济徘徊在崩溃的边缘。
• Look! There's a drunken man teetering at the head of the stairs.
  看，有个醉汉在楼梯顶那里摇摇欲坠呢。
• 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。
• 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。