tottering

英 [ˈtɒtərɪŋ]

美 [ˈtɑːtərɪŋ]

v.  蹒跚; 踉跄; 跌跌撞撞; 摇摇欲坠; 摇摇晃晃
totter的现在分词

现在分词：tottering　

BNC.33005 / COCA.31389

柯林斯词典

• VERB 跌跌撞撞;蹒跚;踉跄
  If someonetotterssomewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk.
  1. He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table...
     他踉跄地走到冰箱前，拿出一瓶啤酒，一屁股坐在桌边。
  2. The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
     宝宝开始只是爬，后来第一次站起来蹒跚着走了几步。
• VERB 摇摇欲坠;变得不稳;动摇
  If something such as a market or governmentis tottering, it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely.
  1. The property market is tottering.
     房地产市场摇摇欲坠。
  2. ...further criticism of the tottering government.
     对濒临瓦解的政府的进一步批评

英英释义

adj

• (of structures or institutions) having lost stability
  1. a tottering empire
• unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
  1. a tottering skeleton of a horse
  2. a tottery old man
  Synonym:tottery

双语例句

• This major change is occurring just as old family support systems are tottering towards extinction.
  正当旧家庭所维系的体制摇摇欲坠迈向灭绝的时候，这个重大的变革发生了。
• She walked slowly with tottering steps.
  她迈着蹒跚的步子慢慢地走着。
• The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
  宝宝开始只是爬，后来第一次站起来蹒跚着走了几步。
• Would all of you throw him down-this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
  如同毁坏歪斜的墙，将倒的壁，要到几时呢？
• EXAMPLE: Our petroleum exploration company's expenses were huge, and we were tottering on the brink of abandoning our efforts until last week when one of our drills discovered oil.
  我们这家石油勘探公司开支巨大，原来一直在放弃勘探的边缘徘徊，直到上周我们的一口钻井打出了石油。
• Private entrepreneurs in China have made substantial inroads into the steel sector in the past decade, usually by buying up and restructuring tottering state-owned firms like Tonghua.
  过去10年来，中国私营企业主纷纷大举进军钢铁行业，他们通常是买下像通钢这样摇摇欲坠的国有企业，并对其进行重组。
• When later, grown-up, I went to Hangzhou and saw this tottering pagoda, I felt uncomfortable.
  后来我长大了，到杭州，看见这破破烂烂的塔，心里就不舒服。
• With power and to spare we must pursue the tottering foe.
  宜将剩勇追穷寇。
• The wartime liberal government was tottering.
  战时的自由党政府摇摇欲坠。
• The idea of the already tottering Pakistani state defaulting is not reassuring.
  已是摇摇欲坠的巴基斯坦政府违约不能让人安心。