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

• 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。
• But, teetering on the edge, she managed to haul herself up to finish off her routine.
  但是结果却是它摇摇晃晃的爬到了绳子边缘，它成功的用手抓着绳子完成了这段距离。
• Is he teetering on the edge of a cliff?
  或者他在悬崖边摇摇欲坠？
• All of us took perverse delight in watching as a few bottlenecks formed and one person slowly had a growing, teetering stack of blocks on his left waiting for him to process.
  我们所有的人都反常地喜欢看到一些障碍形成，一个人那里慢慢地出现一个增长的，不稳定的盒子堆，在其左边等待他去处理。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Investment banks on Wall Street have been battered by mortgage and credit losses and, with the US economy teetering on the edge of recession, many have resorted to layoffs.
  华尔街的投资银行遭遇抵押贷款和信贷损失的冲击，同时，由于美国经济行将步入衰退，因此，许多投行已经开始裁员。
• 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。