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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Teetering along the Pacific Ring of fire, Japan has long cultivated a nuclear power program despite the obvious dangers.
  尽管核能项目的危险性显而易见，位于环太平洋火山带之上的日本在很久以前就开始了在这个领域的发展。
• The country is teetering on the brink of war.
  该国正面临一场战争。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。